These unearthly whale songs helped save humpbacks from extinction

Once at risk of being wiped out, humpback whales charted a remarkable comeback thanks to their songs. In 1979, National ...
CNN

Mystery of whale song unraveled by scientists, study says

Eerie, fascinating and at times unnerving, whale songs are one of the most mysterious sounds to have been heard reverberating through the ocean. How baleen whales, which include humpback whales, are ...
Ars Technica

Whale songs have features of language, but whales may not be speaking

Whales use complex communication systems we still don’t understand, a trope exploited in sci-fi shows like Apple TV’s Extrapolations. That show featured a humpback whale (voiced by Meryl Streep) ...
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Why have blue whales stopped singing? The mystery worrying scientists

Whale songs are far removed from the singing that humans are used to. Unlike our musical sounds, those produced by whales are a complex range of vocalisations that include groans, clicks and whistles ...
WUNC

Study provides most detailed analysis yet of how baleen whales produce sound

KELLY: It's the song of a humpback whale, a type of baleen whale. COEN ELEMANS: All the baleen whales make extremely low frequency sounds, and it sounds like a bit like humming, like, (imitating whale ...
The Spokesman-Review

The sound of Whales singing with the Spokane Symphony

Where: The Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, 1001 W. Sprague Ave. Cost: $19, $52, $60, $64 and $68 Info: (509) 624-1200, www.foxtheaterspokane.org While traveling off the coast of Colt Island on ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Discover How Some Whales Can Sing While Holding Their Breath Underwater

An adult humpback whale and calf. In the new study, the researchers blew air into the larynxes of three deceased whales, including a humpback, to learn how the the organ makes sound. Auscape / ...