Blue Whales going silent has become a growing concern for scientists around the world. These gentle giants, known for their deep and powerful underwater songs, are now calling out less and less. In ...
A new documentary is giving a voice to "the loneliest whale in the world." It all started in 1989 when the U.S. Navy discovered a mysterious sound in the Pacific Ocean at a frequency of 52 hertz. This ...
Imagine it’s the early 1900s and you’re a giant blue whale basking in the warm waters of the Santa Barbara Channel, just off the coast of Southern California. What do you hear? Fellow whale songs, ...
A blue whale swims near the coast of Sri Lanka. Studies from California to New Zealand have shown that certain whale species, such as blue whales, stop singing when heat waves disrupt their food ...
Blue whales are sounding a bit different than a couple decades ago. A study published recently in the journal Endangered Species Research found call of the blue whale has dropped by more than half an ...
For centuries, the deep, resonant calls of blue whales have been a defining sound of the open ocean. These low-frequency songs, which can travel for hundreds of miles, are crucial for their ...