Puget Sound was a global kelp capital for millennia. If we work together, we can enlist the next generation of ...
Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...
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 ...
Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures, communicating through various vocalizations like pulsed calls and whistles. For the first time, researchers have recorded these vocalizations and ...
Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.
Orcas, like humans, get baby bumps in the early months of pregnancy and grow larger as the pregnancy advances. Researchers ...
Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...
The endangered southern resident killer whales that visit Puget Sound were listed for protection under the federal Endangered ...
For this study, Branch analyzed previous data on killer whale hearing abilities and ranges. Along with that, Branch also looked at the different sources of whale songs among baleen populations, how ...