Across Alaska’s icy waters, a brief exchange between humans and a humpback whale hints at a new frontier in interspecies ...

The haunting songs produced by whales are shockingly similar to human pop music: one single hit tune spreads across the ocean, and becomes the preferred whale mating tune. And, just like the modern ...

Whales are some of the most enigmatic creatures in the oceans that depend on their sense of sound to communicate and mate ...

During the summer, blue whales in the Northeastern Pacific spend their days feeding on massive amounts of tiny plankton called krill. In fact, krill is all they eat. “It really is remarkable that such ...

Biologist Roger Payne is best known for his discovery (with Scott McVay) that whales sing songs. In 1970, he released an LP called "Songs of the Humpback Whale.” It played a key role in igniting the ...

Source: Christopher Michel, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license. Whale song is largely considered to be a display of reproductive fitness, akin to the melodies produced by ...

Storytelling doesn’t just happen through words. As Yo-Yo Ma proved through his performance at Hancher Auditorium on Oct. 30, ...

Any quick internet search for recordings of humpback whale song returns audio compilations that can receive tens of thousands — if not millions — of visits. With such quantifiable popularity, you ...

A hungry whale is a quiet whale. A new first-of-its kind study found the marine mammals vocalized less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of ...

NEW YORK — By tracking and listening to whales, scientists have unlocked secrets about the dramatic changes currently underway in the Arctic. They've also learned that these whales are talented ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – In a quieter era when a ship’s progress at sea arrived only through the courtesy of the wind, sailors told stories of intriguing sounds coming from humpback whales. If conditions were ...