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

Learn more about how baleen whales split into two groups — fight or flight — and how these groups determine how loud they sing.

Whales use moans, snores, chirps and cries that are known as whale song. And now, a new study has found that whale song is ...

Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen whales have something to fear from killer whales, their only known natural ...

Humpback whale song recording from 2017. Male humpback whales sing long, elaborate songs, which are composed of a variety of sounds strung together in repeated phrases and themes. All the male ...

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

For whales, especially migratory species like humpbacks or blue whales, singing can help them detect obstacles, orientate themselves and find other whales in the ocean. Singing plays a major role ...

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...

Actually, how do they make sounds?" The Professor is part of a team that's just published new research on whale singing in the journal, Nature. In the study, scientists studied the voice boxes ...

Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...

Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and ...

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