A study reveals that whales vocalise less during marine heatwaves to kill their prey, linking climate change to changes in ...
A new study has found that whale songs can act as a barometer for the effects of climate change on ocean ecosystems.
“These vocalizations can be detected if the singing whale is anywhere within ... particularly large increases in anchovies. Songs from blue whales showed a different pattern, with detections ...
New findings suggest the evolution and behavior of at least some baleen whales has been significantly shaped by fear of orca attack.
As populations of this food source recovered from the marine heat wave, detections of blue whale singing soared. When krill numbers fell again, so did the whales’ songs. Unlike blue whales ...