Mercado is a cognitive scientist and a 2023 fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation. He knows how certain sounds, such as whale ...
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Blue whales are loud. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, they are some of the loudest animals on the entire planet. However, something is changing. A study from earlier ...
Some “clicks” made by sperm whales may actually be “clacks,” but marine biologists debate what, if anything, that means.
Research published earlier in 2025 found that whales sing less when food is scarce. Using underwater microphones, or hydrophones, an interdisciplinary team of researchers recorded the songs of blue ...
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 ...