Ocean researchers have recorded unidentified "quack" sounds in the sea for years. Credit: Mayehem / Getty Images Both scientists and sailors alike have recorded unique, strange noises in the ocean for ...

Imagine it’s the early 1900s and you’re a giant blue whale basking in the warm waters of the Santa Barbara Channel, just off the coast of Southern California. What do you hear? Fellow whale songs, ...

The Pacific Ocean waters off Southern California used to be much quieter hundreds of years ago. Then came the Industrial Revolution, commercial shipping and about 15 extra decibels (dB) of noise. That ...

Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have evolved unique oral and aural adaptations. Understanding them better could ...

Chill out and silence the sounds of your environment with the sounds of rain, the ocean, a fireplace and more. Photo: W.carter/Wikimedia Commons/D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac If you’re working in an ...

Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, Massachusetts, have recently discovered the oldest known recordings of whale sounds, recorded in March 1949 off Bermuda. This ...

It’s so quiet you can hear a pin drop on the stage of Conrad Prebys Music Center Concert Hall. Then, the recording of a Stejneger's beaked whale plays. UC San Diego student and percussionist Camilo ...

A haunting whale song, discovered on decades-old audio equipment, could unlock new insights into how these colossal marine mammals communicate, according to researchers who identify it as the oldest ...

Our fascinating and magnificent planet is filled with countless different sounds of nature. While many of us experience nature's cacophony of sounds on land and in the sky and hearing them makes us ...