In a new book called Why Whales Sing, Eduardo Mercado details his life's work to try and understand what whale songs are all about.

A whale was recorded “singing his heart out” off the Turks and Caicos islands, video footage shows. Photo from Oliver Tsappis, UnSplash Divers were recently treated to a heartwarming performance by a ...

A hungry whale is a quiet whale. A new first-of-its kind study found the marine mammals vocalized less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of ...

Whale songs are far removed from the singing that humans are used to. Unlike our musical sounds, those produced by whales are a complex range of vocalisations that include groans, clicks and whistles ...

Psychology professor Eduardo Mercado III wasn’t impressed as a young researcher in the 1990s when he first heard humpback whales singing. A groundbreaking expert on whale song, Mercado is a cognitive ...

Changing ocean conditions making whale prey scarce are causing the mammals to stop singing, a recent study has found. Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Cascadia Research ...

Blue whales are one of the largest animals ever known to live on Earth. These gentle giants roam across the world’s oceans and are very popular for their powerful sounds that can travel hundreds of ...

Divers were recently treated to a heartwarming performance by a humpback whale in the Caribbean Sea. The encounter took place off the coast of the Turks and Caicos Islands, located southeast of the ...