CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — One of the biggest threats to humpback whales spending their summers in New England is being hit by a passing ship. But a collision isn’t all they have to fear. A study published ...

Critical noise barrier: Pilot whales in the Strait of Gibraltar cannot amplify key reunion calls beyond their current maximum, limiting their ability to communicate over heavy ship traffic. Small ...

Vocal strain revealed: Pilot whales in the Strait of Gibraltar are calling at their loudest possible levels to be heard over heavy ship traffic noise. Study methods explained: Researchers tagged 23 ...

TEL AVIV (ANI/TPS) – Israeli researchers uncovered compelling evidence of the impact of ship noise on dolphins, shedding new light on maritime traffic’s influence on marine mammal behavior and ...

Even As the world’s oceans continue to get noisier with human-made sound, scientists have discovered pilot whales are having to ‘shout’ at the upper limit of their range in order to communicate.

In the Strait of Gibraltar – a famous marine road connecting the Mediterranean and the Atlantic – lives a critically endangered sub-population of a few hundred long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala ...