An open-source whale tag that records sound, movement, and environmental data will enable scientists to study and decode ...

Scientists photograph the elusive ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, the source of the BW43 echolocation pulse, for the first time.

Scientists are using underwater microphones to study beaked whales, the ocean’s most elusive mammals. Echolocation clicks ...

Beaked whales are rarely spotted. Now scientists are using underwater sounds to help identify these elusive creatures.

For years, a strange, repetitive clicking sound pulsed through the deep Pacific. It was heard again and again on hydrophones ...

Fred Sharpe has studied humpback whales in Alaska for more than three decades. He’s particularly interested in the sounds they make – and what they mean. Lately, the biologist has been focusing on the ...

Researchers have finally identified the source of mysterious noises coming from the deepest ocean trench. The odd sounds, described as "biotwang" noises, sound a bit like sci-fi starships, and are ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA–When Jason Gedamke and Daniel Costa first went to Australia to record the sounds of dwarf minke whales, people told them they were wasting their time. There were very few reports of ...

Humpback whales are struggling to communicate due to noisy humans, a new study has suggested. The new study published in the journal Nature, studied the unique vocalizations of whales that are made ...

Underwater surveys picked up mysterious “bio-twang” sounds from the Mariana Trench in 2014. A new study reveals where the sci-fi-esque noises are coming from. The Mariana Trench lies in the Pacific ...

A study from the University of Washington confirms what scientists have long speculated about how marine vessel noise interferes with whales. Female orcas with young calves avoid areas where boat ...

Having a fiance, Stuart Bearhop, who worked as a professor of ecology at the University of Exeter proved useful, as he asked ...