The ocean is anything but quiet with animals making a variety of unique sounds, but what happens when the ocean gets too loud? Read more!

Whales, like all mammals, need sleep in order to survive. But they are also air breathers, meaning they cannot become fully unconscious while in the water. There are around 90 different types of whale ...

Discover how dolphins rehearse show-stimuli at night, mimicking whale noises during their rest. An intriguing insight into dolphin behavior! Once in a while you come across a paper that can only be ...

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - Dolphins, porpoises, killer whales, sperm whales and other toothed whales produce an array of sounds - to find prey employing a sonar-like system called echolocation ...

It must be a slightly surreal sight. Imagine being a diver and coming across a group of sperm whales, not swimming but floating upright and motionless in the open sea. If you ever see such a scene, ...

In the last 100 years there has been a significant build up of industrial and military activity in the ocean, making it an increasingly noisy place to hang out. Marine life -- used to the peaceful ...