News tagged with whale acoustics
Whales' signals reveal retreat from ill-fated oil rig
A technique that monitors whales through the sounds they emit has answered a key issue raised by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico two years ago this month.
Apr 06, 2012 |
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Ship noise boosts stress in whales, 9/11 reveals: study
The steady drone of motors along busy commercial shipping lanes not only alters whale behaviour but can affect the giant sea mammals physically by causing chronic stress, a study published Wednesday has reported ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Blue whales align the pitch of their songs with extreme accuracy, study finds
Blue whales are able to synchronize the pitch of their calls with an extremely high level of accuracy, and a very slim margin of error from call to call, according to a new study of the blue whale population ...
Aug 02, 2010 |
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Count Confirms Critical Status Of Endangered Right Whale
After more than a decade of monitoring the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, scientists have released the first count of one of the world's most endangered group of whales.
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Environmental scandal in Chile
Until recently, the disastrous scale of the threat posed by salmon farms to the fauna and National Park of the Aysen region of southern Chile was entirely unknown. The unexpected discovery was made by researchers ...
Jun 22, 2010 |
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Researchers Use New Acoustic Tools to Study Marine Mammals and Fish
(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past decade, researchers have developed a variety of reliable real-time and archival instruments to study sounds made or heard by marine mammals and fish. These new sensors are now ...
Dec 29, 2009 |
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Blue whales singing with deeper voices
(PhysOrg.com) -- Blue whales, the largest animals on earth, are singing with deeper voices every year, but scientists are unsure of the reason.
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Blue whales found near NY, off their usual path
(AP) -- There's a monster lurking off the coast of New York. Experts in a Cornell University acoustics program said Thursday that blue whales have been positively identified in the area for the first time.
May 28, 2009 |
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Thieving whale caught on video gives rare clues about hunting strategy, sound production
For decades scientists have been intrigued by the variety of sounds emitted by sperm whales, partly due to a popular theory that suggests that the sounds might contain information about the animals' size. ...
May 21, 2009 |
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