Mystery "quack-like" sounds detected in the ocean over 40 years may have been whales talking ... as though they were listening. "Then the first speaker would stop talking and listen to responses ...

For almost two decades the team has been using free-floating "sonobuoys" as "listening stations," to detect, track and record Antarctic blue whale and other whale sounds. Spending more than eight ...

During a survey, researchers got the chance to listen to a sea creature being a “soulful performer” off the coast of Hawaii.

A system called "SAvE Whales," developed in Greece and tested in the Greek seas, aims to minimize the threat of ship strikes ...

While others may slog over a computer, she spends her time offshore, looking and listening for the sights and sounds of dolphins and whales. Dr Doake is what is known as a marine mammal observer ...

Passive acoustic detection means supersensitive microphones floating around underwater, listening for whale sounds. Similar technology is used extensively in the north, but the shallower water off ...

Hamran is an acoustic researcher studying the sounds marine mammals like whales and dolphins use to communicate. She's captured hundreds of hours of orca recordings. This summer, she's listening ...