Baleen whales are among the largest creatures in the ocean, but that doesn’t mean they’re safe from other animals. A pod of orcas can take a giant baleen whale down, and these filter-feeders are ...

Songs have lowered in frequency, in part because of changes to ocean water. Whales in the ocean around Antarctica are changing their tune, according to a new study. Publishing their findings in the ...

Some baleen whale species are capable of evading orcas — their only known predators — by using stealth-like communication, according to new research. Specifically, the marine mammals can sing at ...

Whale song can be as efficient as – and, in some cases, more efficient than – human communication, according to a new study in Science Advances. Meanwhile, new unrelated research in Science further ...

Years ago I conjured a story, Whale Song, about a bright, stalwart, confident high school girl who, after a surfing competition accident in which an orca saves her from a shark attack, starts to ...

Some whale species evade killer whales by singing at deep frequencies that are “completely undetectable” to the predators, according to a new study. Photo from John Towner, UnSplash Some baleen whale ...