Learn more about how baleen whales split into two groups — fight or flight — and how these groups determine how loud they sing.

Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen whales have something to fear from killer whales, their only known natural ...

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 ...

Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, we might be running out of time to find the source.

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

Infrasonic sounds are sound waves with frequencies lower than 20 Hz, which is below the range of human hearing.

Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and ...

A new immersive art installation highlights the effects humans have on ocean ecosystems, and whales in particular.

Most of us are familiar with whale song, but new research suggests that the structure of the song - the individual parts that make up the whole - has similarities to human language.

On the great occasion of Culkin voicing a beluga in NerdWallet’s Super Bowl commercial, we talked to the actor about ‘A Real ...

Visitors can book a whale-watching boat trip to get up close. However, Bodega Head—part of Sonoma Coast State Park—is one of ...