Scientists record singing by rare right whale for first time
5 years, 9 months ago

Scientists record singing by rare right whale for first time

Hindustan Times  

Federal marine biologists for the first time have recorded singing by one of the rarest whales on the planet, the North Pacific right whale. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researchers used moored acoustic recorders to capture repeated patterns of calls made by male North Pacific right whales. It’s the first time right whale songs in any population have been documented, said NOAA Fisheries marine biologist Jessica Crance on Wednesday from Seattle. Seven years of frustration followed, Crance said, as they could never positively confirm that the sounds were coming from the scarce right whales. “It was great to finally get the confirmation when we were out at sea that yes, it is a right whale, and it’s a male that’s singing,” Crance said.

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Why We Should Worry When Whales Stop Singing
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Why We Should Worry When Whales Stop Singing

Live Mint  

-- A hungry whale is a quiet whale. A new first-of-its kind study found the marine mammals vocalized less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of climate change on ocean ecosystems. Scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and their colleagues analyzed whale songs recorded by underwater microphones in …

It's Not Just Humans, A Good Meal Makes Whales Sing Too — This Is What Study Shows
1 month, 1 week ago

It's Not Just Humans, A Good Meal Makes Whales Sing Too — This Is What Study Shows

ABP News  

Lismore, Feb 27 : Spanning more octaves than a piano, humpback whales sing powerfully into the vast ocean. While blue whales only eat krill, humpback whales eat krill and small schooling fish such as anchovy. Our ability to probe the complex lives of these giants was enhanced for humpback whales because we had a unique data resource available for this …

Do whales sing the same way as humans? New study finds language-like repeatable units
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Do whales sing the same way as humans? New study finds language-like repeatable units

Firstpost  

Human babies rely on a strategy called “statistical learning” to identify certain words and patterns as they get exposed to complex set of communication. New research published in the journal Science has found that the Humpback whale song is structured in a similar way to human language—where shorter sounds are used repetitively and complex words are used less often. It …

Whales communicate with a 'language-like' structure similar to humans
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Whales communicate with a 'language-like' structure similar to humans

ABC  

Across just a few weeks, complex, never-before-heard melodies sung by humpback whales can spread across thousands of kilometres of oceans. A new study, published in Science today, has found these whale songs share fundamental structural similarities with human language, showing that certain linguistic laws are not unique to humans. "We did a very meticulous deep dive into humpback whale song," …

Whale song more similar to human language than previously thought – study
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Whale song more similar to human language than previously thought – study

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Whale song is more similar to human language than previously thought, …

How do whales sing? Lab experiments suggest their voice boxes have a unique feature
1 year, 1 month ago

How do whales sing? Lab experiments suggest their voice boxes have a unique feature

LA Times  

Scientists believe whales, like this humpback and her calf, have specialized voice boxes. In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature, Coen Elemans of the University of Southern Denmark and colleagues studied the voice boxes, or larynxes, from three dead, stranded whales — a humpback, minke and sei, which are all types of baleen whales. As loud as whales’ …

How do whales sing? Scientists point to a specialised voice box that other animals don’t have
1 year, 1 month ago

How do whales sing? Scientists point to a specialised voice box that other animals don’t have

ABC  

In short: A study published in Nature has found baleen whales have evolved over millions of years to use a modified voice box that generates sound without them choking. A study published in Nature has found baleen whales have evolved over millions of years to use a modified voice box that generates sound without them choking. Experts in the field …

How do whales sing? Lab experiments suggest their voice boxes have a unique feature
1 year, 1 month ago

How do whales sing? Lab experiments suggest their voice boxes have a unique feature

Associated Press  

LONDON — Whales sing loud enough that their songs travel through the ocean, but knowing the mechanics behind that has been a mystery. In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature, Coen Elemans of the University of Southern Denmark and colleagues studied the voice boxes, or larynxes, from three dead, stranded whales — a humpback, minke and sei, which …

Scientists discover secret to how the largest ever mammal sings
1 year, 1 month ago

Scientists discover secret to how the largest ever mammal sings

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The secret to how baleen whales – the largest mammals to …

Citizen scientists learn how to capture whale songs in Whitsundays
1 year, 8 months ago

Citizen scientists learn how to capture whale songs in Whitsundays

ABC  

The distant humming of luxury boats can be heard whizzing around Queensland's picture-postcard Whitsunday Islands. They're sharing their observations and recordings of humpback whales with a long-term monitoring program run by the University of Queensland's Cetacean Ecology Group led by Professor Michael Noad. "We find a calm spot where there are not too many boats racing around … and then …

Australian humpback whales are singing less and fighting more
2 years, 1 month ago

Australian humpback whales are singing less and fighting more

The Hindu  

As eastern Australian humpback whale populations have recovered over the years, males have adapted their mating strategy in a highly strategic way, new research finds. I analysed 123 days' worth of data on Australian humpbacks, collected from 1997 to 2015, and found male humpbacks sang less and fought more as the whale population ballooned. As the eastern humpback population grew, …

Lonely tunes: Humpback whales wail less as population grows
2 years, 1 month ago

Lonely tunes: Humpback whales wail less as population grows

India Today  

Those melancholy tunes sung by humpback whales may really be a sign of loneliness. “Humpback whale song is loud and travels far in the ocean,” said marine biologist Rebecca Dunlop, who has studied humpback whales that breed near the Great Barrier Reef for more than two decades. “When there were fewer of them, there was a lot of singing — …

Lonely tunes: Humpback whales wail less as population grows
2 years, 1 month ago

Lonely tunes: Humpback whales wail less as population grows

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Those melancholy tunes sung by humpback whales may really be a sign of loneliness. “Humpback whale song is loud and travels far in the ocean,” said marine biologist Rebecca Dunlop, who has studied humpback whales that breed near the Great Barrier Reef for more than two decades. “When there were fewer of them, there was a lot of …

Humpback whales share culture and whole new songs across populations ‘very easily’, study finds
2 years, 9 months ago

Humpback whales share culture and whole new songs across populations ‘very easily’, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Humpback whales learn incredibly complex songs from whales in other regions with “remarkable accuracy”, according …

Humpback whales' migration along Australia's east coast best time to hear marine animals sing
2 years, 9 months ago

Humpback whales' migration along Australia's east coast best time to hear marine animals sing

ABC  

Just beneath the water's surface off Queensland's coast, humpback whales can be heard singing clearly to each other, as new research shows they are learning complex tunes from other regions. Key points: Researchers at the University of Queensland believe whales are capable of learning complex songs from other regions Only male whales sing, with their distinct patterns changing every year …

Humpback whale song recorded off the coast of New York
3 years, 10 months ago

Humpback whale song recorded off the coast of New York

Daily Mail  

The song of humpback whales as they swim off the shore of New York has been recorded for the first time, by a series of underwater microphones, scientists claim. The team can't say exactly why there has been an increase in humpback sightings in the winter months in New York, but predict they are either turning the area into a …

Humpback whales found singing off the coast of New York
3 years, 10 months ago

Humpback whales found singing off the coast of New York

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Using underwater sound recording equipment, scientists have found the first evidence …

New population of blue whales discovered in western Indian ocean: Study
4 years, 3 months ago

New population of blue whales discovered in western Indian ocean: Study

India TV News  

Scientists have found evidence of a previously undiscovered population of blue whales living in the western Indian ocean based on an analysis of sound recordings from the region, an advance that sheds light on the global distribution of the largest animals to have ever lived on the Earth. Based on the analysis, the researchers believe they have discovered what is …

How a blue whale song led scientists to a new population in Indian Ocean
4 years, 3 months ago

How a blue whale song led scientists to a new population in Indian Ocean

Live Mint  

Scientists have found evidence of a previously undiscovered population of blue whales living in the western Indian ocean based on an analysis of sound recordings from the region, an advance which sheds light on the global distribution of the largest animals to have ever lived on the Earth. While these highly endangered mammals are found around the globe in all …

Fin whales pick up new songs while migrating and bring them back to local populations, study suggests
4 years, 5 months ago

Fin whales pick up new songs while migrating and bring them back to local populations, study suggests

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But this theory “has been blown out of the water”, by a new study that …

Blue whale singing patterns predict migration, study finds
4 years, 6 months ago

Blue whale singing patterns predict migration, study finds

The Independent  

In the immense vastness of the ocean, sound is everything for whales - allowing them to communicate over titanic distances, and in some species, target food through echolocation. So many marine organisms use sound for a variety of purposes.” Recommended Humpback whales move north as scientists believe warm oceans are the cause Blue whale vocalisations can be detected by other …

Whales swim closer to boat when women sing and play guitar
4 years, 8 months ago

Whales swim closer to boat when women sing and play guitar

Daily Mail  

Two women who went whale watching off the coast of Trinity Bright, Newfoundland had almost given up on a sighting - until one of them pulled out a guitar. Wanda Freeman Pippy and Bev Freeman had spend a few hours looking for whales with no luck and then Bev took a guitar and started singing. Two friends, Wanda Freeman Pippy …

Off the coast of New Zealand, humpback whales sing karaoke
5 years, 5 months ago

Off the coast of New Zealand, humpback whales sing karaoke

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But a study published in Royal Society Open Science reports there’s at least one place …

From the humpback to the Antarctic blue: why do whales sing?
6 years, 2 months ago

From the humpback to the Antarctic blue: why do whales sing?

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But they may also switch tunes when another male is nearby, apparently to assess a …

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHALE SONG?
6 years, 5 months ago

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHALE SONG?

Daily Mail  

For a long time it was believed that whales sang solely for mating purposes. Researchers have recorded humpback whales changing their calls when they move to new pastures in order to match the songs of others around them. Learning these songs may help whales pinpoint one another and group together better when in unfamiliar waters. Researchers have recorded humpback whales …

Bowhead whales sing 'freeform jazz style songs to woo partners', study says
6 years, 11 months ago

Bowhead whales sing 'freeform jazz style songs to woo partners', study says

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Arctic-dwelling bowhead whales have been described as the “Louis Armstrong” of the oceans after scientists …

Cool jazz: Bowhead whales improvise when singing, study says
6 years, 11 months ago

Cool jazz: Bowhead whales improvise when singing, study says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Some whales are taking jazz riffs to new depths. Over three years a single underwater microphone captured 184 distinct bowhead whale songs, according to Stafford’s study in Wednesday’s Biology Letters. That’s remarkable because there are probably only a couple hundred males in an area between Greenland and Norway to make the songs, Stafford said. “I find the songs …

How whale singing can be heard by another 4,000 miles away
7 years, 2 months ago

How whale singing can be heard by another 4,000 miles away

Daily Mail  

It sounds like something out of Finding Nemo. When ‘chatting’, sperm whales’ clicks are deep and sonorous and regular — like cetacean Morse code. Whales are highly social and are always ‘talking’ to each other and killer whales use their highly complex vocalisations to co-operate in hunting At this point it turned its clicks to another purpose — as a …

Search for the world's 'loneliest whale' who has been singing to himself for 20 years
11 years, 8 months ago

Search for the world's 'loneliest whale' who has been singing to himself for 20 years

Daily Mail  

Search for the world's 'loneliest whale' who has been singing to himself for 20 years A team of scientists will attempt to find the 'loneliest whale in the world' next Autumn and are able to track its route across the North Pacific Ocean They have been listening to the animal's abnormally high song for over 20 years but have never …

A Captive Beluga Whale's Remarkably Human Song
12 years, 5 months ago

A Captive Beluga Whale's Remarkably Human Song

NPR  

A Captive Beluga Whale's Remarkably Human Song Scientists this week published a study of a captive beluga whale in San Diego. The whale began to sing, apparently after spending time close to people. It died several years ago, but left behind a recording that sounds like a person in the shower. Scientists this week published a study of a captive …

Now, a new way to ‘see’ whale songs
15 years, 2 months ago

Now, a new way to ‘see’ whale songs

The Hindu  

Marine biologists have come up with an obscure mathematical trick which they claim transforms songs of whales into strikingly beautiful patterns. Now, an international team, led by Mark Fischer, has developed another way to illustrate whale song. The biologists use a more obscure method, known as the wavelet transform, which represents the sound in terms of components known as wavelets: …

Blue Whale Song Mystery Baffles Scientists
15 years, 4 months ago

Blue Whale Song Mystery Baffles Scientists

Wired  

All around the world, blue whales aren't singing like they used to, and scientists have no idea why. McDonald and his collaborators first noticed the change eight years ago, when they kept needing to recalibrate the automated song detectors used to track blue whales off the California coast. Since then, he and Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers Sarah Melnick and …

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