SANTA CRUZ, CA–When Jason Gedamke and Daniel Costa first went to Australia to record the sounds of dwarf minke whales, people told them they were wasting their time. There were very few reports of ...

Sperm whales use sound to identify themselves socially in a similar manner to how humans use clothing, a new study revealed. Sperm whales in the Pacific Ocean use sound as a form of “symbolic marking” ...

Researchers at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile recently taught an orca to mimic a few English words–much like you’d teach a parrot–and the results are pretty spectacular to say the least.

The scientist David Gruber explains the mission of Project CETI, and what his team has learned about how whales communicate. and the president and founder of Project CETI Project CETI is the Cetacean ...

A new livestream on YouTube gives listeners the chance to eavesdrop on whales and other sea creatures 3,000 feet below the surface off the coast of Northern California. The sounds are being captured ...

In 2014, scientists hauled their recording equipment into Marineland, an aquatic theme park located in the French resort town of Antibes. They wanted to see if a 14-year old orca whale living there, ...