To search for Antarctic blue whales, the group dropped sonar buoys in the Ross Sea west of Antarctica, and listened for whale calls. They triangulated the whale's location from their calls ...

Sperm whales are the loudest animals, but many believe blue whales are louder because of call duration The loudest human yell was 129 decibels. The loudest dog bark was 113 decibels. At 70 ...

MBARI researchers and collaborators employed a novel technique for tracking blue whales -- sound. MBARI's MARS (Monterey Accelerated Research System) observatory offers a platform for studying the ...

In fact, by reaching volumes of over 180 decibels, they make the loudest sound of any animal on Earth. Blue whales breed in the warmer, tropical waters during the winter or early spring.

If you were to put an enormous stethoscope up to a blue whale’s chest underwater, it might sound something like this. That clip was produced using real data that scientists collected a few years ...

Being able to see underwater can prove to be tricky, so for creatures such as the blue whale, using sound to get about and communicate is far handier. But just how far can these marine giants hear?

Let’s explore why whales sing and how these mesmerizing sounds play such an important role in the continued survival of these ...

“Sound is everything to marine organisms ... a foraging ground for the federally endangered northeastern Pacific blue whale. The study modeled the channel’s soundscape in August 2017 ...

But in Abe Koogler’s “Deep Blue Sound,” it isn’t humanity that is first presented as the problem to the audience — it is the whales. The whales have gone missing. With such a premise being handed to ...