In new research published in Science, our team of experts in whale song, linguistics and developmental psychology analyzed eight years' of song recordings from humpback whales in New Caledonia.

Researchers have discovered that whale songs share statistical properties found in human speech. By applying methods inspired ...

making whale songs a barometer of the effects of climate change on ocean ecosystems. The waters of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off central California are rich feeding grounds for ...

“Analyzing baleen whale songs has revealed year-to-year variations that reflect changes in the availability of the species they forage on,” John Ryan, an oceanographer at the Monterey Bay ...

Eavesdropping on whale songs has provided vital new information in the battle to protect the endangered species. Variations in detected whale songs are linked with shifting food sources for the ...

and a new study suggests some whale species announce an abundance of food with songs — but when food supply drops, so do the songs. They used recordings from underwater microphones called ...