The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new study suggests. By Emily Anthes The English language is full of wonderful ...
Once at risk of being wiped out, humpback whales charted a remarkable comeback thanks to their songs. In 1979, National ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Eduardo Mercado III, PhD, a University at Buffalo professor of psychology and a groundbreaking expert on whale song, wasn’t impressed as a young researcher in the 1990s when he first ...
Listening to a blue whale population in Aotearoa New Zealand revealed how their songs change frequency over time.
Some baleen whale species are capable of evading orcas — their only known predators — by using stealth-like communication, according to new research. Specifically, the marine mammals can sing at ...
Psychology professor Eduardo Mercado III wasn’t impressed as a young researcher in the 1990s when he first heard humpback whales singing. A groundbreaking expert on whale song, Mercado is a cognitive ...
Research Associate, Institute of Marine Sciences and NOAA-NMFS Fisheries Ecology Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, University of California, Santa Cruz Spanning more octaves than a piano, ...
Some whale species evade killer whales by singing at deep frequencies that are “completely undetectable” to the predators, according to a new study. Photo from John Towner, UnSplash Some baleen whale ...
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