Articles for tag: humpback whales, Marine Biology, ocean noise pollution, whale communication, Whale Songs

four shale in body of water under cloudy sky

Whales Sing Louder Each Year

Suhail Ahmed

The ocean is getting noisier, and whales are responding with a tactic as old as conversation itself: they’re raising their voices. Across busy shipping lanes and near industrial coasts, hydrophones are catching songs that push harder against a wall of human-made sound. Scientists call it acoustic adaptation, a survival strategy in which animals modify their ...

Majestic humpback whale breaching in the Pacific Ocean, Colombia, showcasing marine wildlife beauty.

The Whale That Swims Alone – And Sings at the Wrong Frequency

Suhail Ahmed

Somewhere in the North Pacific, a whale calls into the dark with a voice no one expected to hear. Its song peaks around fifty-two hertz, higher than the low thunder of blue whales and lower than the ringing notes of humpbacks. For decades this outlier has slipped past ships and seasons, heard but never confidently ...