Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

A study finds that whale songs are similar to human speech patterns after breaking down the sound lengths and frequencies ...

Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures ... Typically, kilowatts are quiet when they're searching for prey because sound travels incredibly well in water. And so they could alert ...

“I honestly had that worry all the time,” says ... These three are not using shorter sounds in longer segments, says Youngblood. “But most other whale species I’ve looked at do.” ...

In all three, they found that sound is produced by aerodynamic vibrations in specific parts of the voice box of baleen whales that are not present in toothed whales. These special structures ...

A system called "SAvE Whales," developed in Greece and tested in the Greek seas, aims to minimize the threat of ship strikes ...

It's not exactly karaoke. These whale songs have been a source of fascination for decades. Professor Coen Elemans from the University of Southern Denmark is among a group of scientists who have ...

Whale song is more similar to human language than previously thought, research has found. The study, led by the University of St Andrews, revealed a previously undetected “language-like structure” in ...