Source: Christopher Michel, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license. Whale song is largely considered to be a display of reproductive fitness, akin to the melodies produced by ...

For male humpback whales, singing is serious business. Their haunting, complex songs can last for hours and travel for miles underwater, playing a central role in reproduction during the winter ...

A single humpback whale singing in the North Pacific can produce a sound sequence lasting up to 30 minutes, then repeat it almost exactly. Over weeks, the song changes, new phrases inserted, old ones ...

Whale song is more than a series of calls drifting through the ocean. In some baleen whales, males produce repeated and highly organised patterns that can change over time. Humpback whales show the ...

In 1970, the release of the best-selling nature album of all time introduced the world to whale song and transformed how we view whales forever.

For male humpback whales, singing is serious business. Their haunting, complex songs can last for hours and travel for miles underwater, playing a central role in reproduction during the winter ...

Sixteen hours of nonstop singing would wreck a human throat, a human diaphragm and probably a human marriage. A male humpback whale hanging in the warm water off Maui treats it as a normal shift. That ...

Spanning more octaves than a piano, humpback whales sing powerfully into the vast ocean. These songs are beautifully complex, weaving phrases and themes into masterful compositions. Blue and fin ...

A recording of whale song was launched into space aboard the Voyager spacecraft ...

The English language is full of wonderful words, from “anemone” and “aurora” to “zenith” and “zodiac.” But these are special occasion words, sprinkled sparingly into writing and conversation. The ...

A whale’s dive shapes its song patterns, suggests new research. The study using data from suction caps attached to the aquatic mammals is the first to connect an entire humpback whale song structure ...