A humpback whale alters the pitch of its song when joined by a neighboring singer, a finding that opens a new chapter in the ...
New research reveals older singing male whales are increasingly successful at siring offspring compared to younger males. The ...
A new study shows that as humpback whale populations recover from past whaling, older males are gaining a major advantage in reproduction. Early in the recovery, breeding groups were dominated by ...
Psychology professor Eduardo Mercado III wasn’t impressed as a young researcher in the 1990s when he first heard humpback whales singing. A groundbreaking expert on whale song, Mercado is a ...
Research published earlier in 2025 found that whales sing less when food is scarce. Using underwater microphones, or hydrophones, an interdisciplinary team of researchers recorded the songs of blue ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Male humpback whales are part of competition pods that show off their physicality to win a mate. Humpback whales are ...
A group of boaters off the coast of Maui, Hawaii stumbled upon a family of curious humpback whales. Listen to them sing as they circle around the boat. The whales wandered so close to the boat ...