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 ...

In a new book called Why Whales Sing, Eduardo Mercado details his life's work to try and understand what whale songs are all about.

Automated three-stage analysis pipeline sifts out whale calls from terabytes of distributed acoustic sensing data.

Even as humpbacks rebound in number, their genomes reveal a loss of genetic diversity and a buildup of harmful mutations left ...

Underwater microphones off the NSW south coast capture consistent humpback whale sounds throughout the 2024 migration season.

Each year, humpback whales make a lengthy migration from tropical breeding grounds to colder feeding grounds. But researchers recently logged the migration of one whale who had traveled far beyond the ...

One of the world’s largest mammals, the humpback whale is an incredible species for many reasons. They may even be the ocean’s protectors. Researchers have witnessed humpback whales intervening during ...

People at the southern California Ventura Harbor were in for an amazing sight when a juvenile humpback whale swam right past them. Experts believe the young whale had separated from its pod and was ...