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Researchers tracked marine mammal sounds from 2015 to 2021 using a deep-sea hydrophone to understand how blue whales sing.
Image credits: Getty Images / Unsplash (not the actual photo) Scientists found that during the recent 6 years, the number of whale songs has decreased by a stunning 40% Whales and dolphins use ...
Blue whales sing less when they are starving and sing more when food is plentiful, a recent study revealed. Researchers listened to whales off California for six years and found that their singing ...
Reports of blue whales going silent off California don't reflect the findings of a recent study.
Scientist Roger Payne was the first to discover that whales could sing in 1967 during a research trip to Bermuda.
As humpback whales can switch between feeding on krill and fish, like sardines and anchovies, they experienced the most positive song detection trend throughout the six-year study.
Blue whales are making less noise, and it is likely because of climate change lessening the animals' necessary supply of krill.
Changing ocean conditions making whale prey scarce are causing the mammals to stop singing, a recent study has found.
The following year, the agency found 55 instances in which whales became entangled. As humpback whales can switch between feeding on krill and fish, like sardines and anchovies, they experienced the ...