Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When we think about underwater noises, our minds often turn to whale ...

Of the roughly 250,000 known marine species, scientists think all ~126 marine mammals emit sounds – the ‘thwop’, ‘muah’, and ‘boop’s of a humpback whale, for example, or the boing of a minke whale.

The ocean is a symphony of sounds, from the melodic songs of whales to the low thuds and groans of fish. Yet marine scientists have long assumed that sharks, a group of over 500 species, do not ...

As summer wraps up in the northern hemisphere, it is no surprise that sharks were once again a hot topic in the media. We share our ocean with this large predator and while most beach trips are ...

When you purchase products through the Bookshop.org link on this page, Science Friday earns a small commission which helps support our journalism. One summer day when we were kids, my brother and I ...

Chris Kehrer, science program manager at Port Royal Sound Foundation in South Carolina, recently answered a question I have wondered about since childhood. Why does the Atlantic croaker, a marine fish ...

Could underwater sound waves be the key to early tsunami warnings? Scientists develop new method to calculate a tsunami's size and destructive force by exploiting high-speed acoustic gravity waves ...