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Of the roughly 250,000 known marine species, scientists think all ~126 marine mammals emit sounds – the ‘thwop’, ‘muah’, and ‘boop’s of a humpback whale, for example, or the boing of a minke whale.

Soundscape ecology is a non-invasive method for monitoring ecosystem diversity and health, but process behind it is still very time-consuming. By Charlotte Hu Updated Dec 9, 2021 3:04 PM EST Get the ...

PORT TOWNSEND — A principal electrical engineer of the University of Washington’s applied physics lab will give a lecture intended to conjure awareness of the reality of underwater sound this weekend.

Today's guest post is presented courtesy of Lauren Freeman, an NRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Naval Research Lab. She studies how humans impact ocean habitats including coral reefs and coastal ...

Chris Kehrer, science program manager at Port Royal Sound Foundation in South Carolina, recently answered a question I have wondered about since childhood. Why does the Atlantic croaker, a marine fish ...

Greg Bambenek remembers as a kid going out on the Mississippi River with his dad, putting out set lines for flathead catfish. In a rowboat, the two would set out 50 baits, all suspended from one long ...

More than 35,000 species of fish are believed to make sounds, but less than 3 percent of species have been recorded. A new audio and visual recording device allowed scientists to identify the most ...

Penguins are adorable creatures, but they also get a lot of attention for their peculiar social behavior, which includes ...

More than 40 years ago, researchers recorded strange noises echoing through the Southern Ocean. Aliens? Whales? According to new evidence, these sounds may in fact be the echoes of an underwater ...