New population of blue whales discovered with help of bomb detectors
Blue whales may be the biggest animals in the world, but they're also some of the hardest to find.
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News tagged with whale song
Sandia embarks on Arctic seafloor data project using new underwater technique
Sandia National Laboratories researchers are beginning to analyze the first seafloor dataset from under Arctic sea ice using a novel method. They were able to capture ice quakes and transportation activities on the North ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 8, 2021
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Study: Humpback whales aren't learning their songs from one another
Humpback and bowhead whales are the only mammals other than humans thought to progressively change the songs they sing through a process of cultural learning.
Plants & Animals
Feb 12, 2021
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The songs of fin whales offer new avenue for seismic studies of the oceanic crust
The songs of fin whales can be used for seismic imaging of the oceanic crust, providing scientists a novel alternative to conventional surveying, a new study published this week in Science shows.
Plants & Animals
Feb 11, 2021
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New population of blue whales discovered in the western Indian ocean
An international team of researchers has discovered what it believes to be a new population of blue whales in the western Indian Ocean.
Plants & Animals
Dec 21, 2020
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Male fin whales surprise scientists by swapping songs
Until now, scientists believed the male fin whale sings just one song pattern, which is unique to the males in his particular group—but new research has blown this theory out of the water. The study, published in Frontiers ...
Ecology
Oct 29, 2020
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Humpback whales change their tune
New research led by the University of St Andrews reveals that humpback whales can learn new songs while navigating a shared migratory route.
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Sep 4, 2019
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Humpback whales' songs at subarctic feeding areas are complex, progressive
Humpback whales overwintering in feeding areas may sing complex, progressive songs which closely resemble those associated with breeding grounds, according to a study published January 23, 2019 in the open-access journal ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2019
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Giant singers from neighboring oceans share song parts over time
Singing humpback whales from different ocean basins seem to be picking up musical ideas from afar, and incorporating these new phrases and themes into the latest song, according to a newly published study in Royal Society ...
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Jan 9, 2019
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Humpback whales found to compose new communal song every few years
A team of researchers from the University of Queensland and the University of St. Andrews has found that humpback whales abandon community songs every few years and pick up new ones. In their paper published in Proceedings ...
