Scientists used underwater sound recordings to reconstruct 3D dive and hunting behavior of elusive beaked whales in the Gulf ...

Toothed whales use sound to find their way around, detect objects, and catch fish. They can investigate their environment by making clicking sounds, and then decoding the "echoic return signal" ...

In the ocean’s abyss, deep-diving whales use echolocation to hunt in pitch dark. Emitting sounds that bounce off objects gives the whales a clear picture of their surroundings. “More often than any ...

Deep-diving toothed whales wash up dead with stomachs full of plastic and prey alike. Their built-in sonar likely can’t tell the difference. Two adult sperm whales swim side by side in Dominica. The ...

Scientists have captured a rare view of one of the ocean's least understood whales—without ever seeing it. By listening to ...

Elusive beaked whales off the Louisiana coast may sometimes be diving right to the seafloor, finds new 3D acoustic technology which accurately pinpoints their locations using their echolocation clicks ...

Rescue Crew and Stranded Dolphins: IFAW personnel respond to common dolphins in Wellfleet, Mass., a global hotspot for mass strandings of dolphins. Partnerships and collaborations between researchers ...