From deep growls rolling over savannas to haunting whale songs drifting through the ocean, many species rely on sound to stay ...

Deep beneath the ocean, the largest toothed predator on Earth is sending out signals that don’t sound like anything we understand. This isn’t a song—it’s something colder, sharper, almost like digital ...

BERLIN — A whale that was stranded for days in shallow water at a Baltic Sea resort in Germany has swum free from a sandbank overnight after a last-ditch rescue effort. But it isn’t out of danger yet.

The Bloop may not have been the sound of a sea monster, but it did carry an important message for humanity: an early warning about climate change. As rising global temperatures threaten the polar ice ...

Abstract: Ocean sound speed field (SSF) is a fundamental geophysical parameter in underwater acoustics and ocean observation, as it plays a critical role in applications such as sonar imaging, ...

There are certain things in the natural world that appeal to human senses - the smell of pine needles, a brightly colored flower, the trill of songbirds in the morning. But none of these sounds, ...

If you pick up plastic trash from a beach, you’re helping protect marine wildlife from harm. And every little piece—from a plastic bottle cap to food wrappers—matters, because even small amounts of ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of ...

Animals come in an extraordinary range of body shapes. A starfish looks nothing like an earthworm, a mouse, or a human. Yet even closely related species can appear radically different: corals, ...

The deep ocean is filled with sounds we still cannot explain. Scientists have recorded strange signals and noises coming from the depths, but many of them don’t match any known animal or natural ...