The idea of an exploding whale might seem like something straight out of a sci-fi thriller or a horror movie, but it’s a rare, real-life event that occurs when a dead whale’s body bursts due to the ...

Scientists have long struggled to study how whales produce sound. A new paper in the journal Nature paints the most complete picture yet of how baleen whales produce their iconic, haunting calls.

In 1989, the U.S. Navy detected an unusual sound under the ocean’s surface. This sound, unlike anything previously recorded from whale calls, came from a frequency of 52 Hz. For over a decade, ...