No matter the animal, he believes that the recording ... devices attached to the back of the ship that detect and record ocean sounds from all directions. The antenna allowed them to figure ...

The Scientific Committee of the IWC, at its 2004 meeting, stated that there is compelling evidence implicating anthropogenic sound as a potential threat to marine mammals, and that this threat is ...

Since the 1960s, a strange, repetitious quacking noise called a “bio-duck,” which can frequently be heard in the Southern ...

The frying sound is the result of lots of these shrimp hunting in the same area. The sound is so loud, the snapping shrimp competes with much larger creatures, such as the blue whale, to be the ...

Whales contact each other over huge distances in the ocean. When we speak ... communicating information. Sound can travel through gas, liquid and solids. Most animals (including humans) use ...

Combined with other methods such as animal tagging ... "There is so much we can learn from just listening to the sound of the ocean," she said. "One of my goals is to build a global ocean ...

These powerful sounds are vital for survival, allowing animals to relay important messages ... These calls help blue whales communicate across the immense ocean, with functions such as social ...

Noise pollution from large ships can impact the soundscape of ocean animals. Image credit: Gordon Leggett / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 The Polar Sounds website allows people to listen to the ...