Scientists and Nantucket officials are trying to figure out what to do about a huge whale that washed up on the island.

Meet the 52 Hertz Whale, the mysterious whale whose unique calls have echoed alone across the Pacific for over 20 years.

One of the coolest pieces of irony about our planet is that the ocean covers most of the surface of the Earth, and yet, the ...

In the vast expanse of the world’s oceans, where sound travels farther than light, marine mammals have developed sophisticated vocal abilities to communicate across great distances. Among these ocean ...

You can’t hum while holding your nose. An interesting fact? Debatable, but certainly something you can use to break the ice or perhaps win a bet if you play your cards right. That being said, just one ...

Somewhere in the vast Pacific Ocean, a whale’s lonely song has echoed for decades, yet no other whales seem to respond. Known as the 52-hertz whale, this enigmatic creature calls out at a frequency ...

New research suggests male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on if they are more likely to fight or flee from a predator. Killer whales ...

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...