Scientists initially expected some whale populations to rebound a decade after the BP oil spill. New research suggests they ...

Humpback whale vocalizations usually come as a series of repetitious sounds at varying frequencies, leading many in the field to refer to them as songs. Video from the calf's perspective ...

Killer whales are expanding their territory and have moved into Arctic waters as climate change melts sea ice, with two ...

Garroway said the two groups of Arctic killer whales have different feeding behaviors and vocalizations and do not recognize ...

In an astonishing 20-minute exchange between researchers and a humpback whale named Twain, science has crossed an ...

Humans have long been captivated by the haunting and melodic songs of whales, singing out from their oceanic world. From communication to navigation, whale songs are a vital part of life in the deep.

describes one group as "globally genetically distinct" while the second is similar to killer whales from Greenland. Garroway ...

The whale calves were particularly noisy before nursing. On average, suckling sessions produced the most calls of any of the behaviors the team examined. These vocalizations were usually low ...

While whale vocalizations are not new to science, these specific cacophonies of cues had previously gone unidentified due to the logistical difficulties of studying the aquatic creatures ...