To whales that hunt with soundwaves in lightless ocean depths, a torn plastic party balloon and a delicious squid may appear remarkably similar, according to a study. Underwater acoustic testing with ...

Whales mistake plastic debris for food due to similar signals. Plastic items mimic squid acoustically, contributing to ...

Since 2014, scientists have listened to a unique whale vocalization they call a “biotwang.” The call, which sounds a bit like ...

We actually found that these animals are here quite a bit more often than we had realized,” says Will Oestreich, a researcher ...

“He had the most comprehensive database of whale sounds,” Gruber says. They did a pilot study to see if they could design a custom machine learning program capable of spotting familiar ...

Plastic waste drifting in the oceans can mislead whales, which use echolocation in deep waters to locate food. Scientific ...

Federico Facchin works with whales - that's hard to do from home - he travels the world taking photos and recording their songs.

A pair of marine mammal scientists at The University of British Columbia, has found that claims that a lack of access to ...

That way of life has come under threat from decades of increasing human noise. A leading culprit is shipping, contributing to a rise in underwater volume of approximately 3.3 decibels per decade. The ...

Rescuers say they are hopeful a humpback whale found stranded on the south of Scotland coastline will make a full recovery ...

Resident Orca review: documentary chronicles the fight to free orca Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut from captivity in the Miami ...