A rare and endangered blue whale 11 miles off Long Beach Harbor in the Catalina Channel, spouts after a long dive on July 16, 2008 near Long Beach, California. The distinctive songs of rare pygmy ...

Blue whales have changed their songs. It’s the same old tune, but the pitch of the blues is mysteriously lower -- especially off the coast of California where, local researchers say, the whales ...

Scientists tracked whale movements and songs over several years, and found that whales switch from singing at night to caroling during the daytime when they begin migrating. Tracking the ...

Blue whale songs have been recorded for the last 45 years through scientific and military applications by seafloor seismometers tracking regional earthquakes and dedicated whale acoustic ...

Blue whales' songs are hauntingly deep, filled with extraterrestrial vibratos, and utterly mysterious. Despite many attempts to interpret them, scientists still don't know what the world's largest ...

Those whales are the best-studied of all blue whale populations, and their song pitch has dropped by 31 percent since the late 1960s. Because only male blue whales sing, the answer may involve ...

Blue whales are changing their tune. That's what new recordings of these huge mammals indicate. This changing behavior is described in an article in the journal Endangered Species Research. Why it ...

Let’s explore why whales sing and how these mesmerizing sounds play such an important role in the continued survival of these most ancient of creatures. To Communicate Whale songs are a primary ...

Blue Whale Song Timing Reveals Time to Go. Blue whales off California’s coast sing at night—until it’s time to start migrating, and they switch to daytime song. By Susanne Bard.

The whales in the group seem to sing a unique song. By Katherine J. Wu Weighing up to 380,000 pounds and stretching some 100 feet long, the blue whale — the largest creature to have ever lived ...

Scientists analyzed whale songs recorded in the marine sanctuary between 2015 and 2021. ... detections of blue whale singing soared. When krill numbers fell again, so did the whales’ songs.