James Gunn’s Superman features a catchy soundtrack that perfectly complements the electrifying action sequences in the movie.

Containing 16 different whale species, the biggest of the baleen whales — the blue whale — measures in at a staggering 31 meters (102 feet) and 190 tons (210 short tons).

The songs they recorded typically went on for hours, during which time the whales cruised through the area at a rate of between 4 and 10 kilometers an hour. This meant that the song-filled trips ...

Eerie and fascinating, whale songs are one of the most mysterious sounds reverberating through the ocean. Now, researchers say they know how the leviathans vocalize.

Humpback whales are renowned for their ability to produce songs of remarkable beauty, complexity, and duration. But despite decades of research, scientists still aren’t sure why these whales ...

The songs change over time in a fashion that’s even more precise than what humans do when language develops.” The talented club DJ serves as an appropriate metaphor for changing whale song. “DJs can’t ...

He saw the discovery of whale song as a chance to spur interest in saving the giant animals, who were disappearing from the planet. Payne would produce the album "Songs of the Humpback Whale" in 1970.

Whale song is still largely considered to be a display of reproductive fitness, like the peacock’s tail and the serenades of songbirds, but UB psychologist Eduardo Mercado thinks whales use their ...

Humpback whales have interrupted her research in the past on Lō‘ihi Seamount, an underwater Hawaiian volcano. “We had tons and tons of whale song, and to me it was just total noise in my data.” ...

Song birds in particular may provide the best place to look as many bird species culturally learn their songs, and unlike in whales, we know a lot about precisely how birds learn song.

A psychologist has proposed that humpback whales may use song for long-range sonar. It's the singing whale, not the listening whale who is doing most of the analysis. If correct, the model should ...

Marine biologists have for the first time recorded the song of the world's rarest large whale, the eastern North Pacific right whale, of which fewer than 30 individuals remain.