Echolocation lets animals use sound as a guide in places where vision fails. They send out clicks, chirps, or taps and interpret the returning echoes to find prey, avoid danger, or move confidently in ...
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 ...
Illustration showing a goose-beaked whale emitting an echolocation click while foraging, with the sound waves reaching hydrophones on acoustic recorders at different times. This time difference allows ...
Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...
Few people sight the cryptic creatures swimming in Monterey Bay, but sonorous sperm whales abound if you listen. The chatter of undersea creatures fills the soundscape, and the clicks of sperm whales ...
After years of failed searches, one of the planet’s rarest whales has finally been spotted in the wild. The race to encounter the elusive ginkgo-toothed beaked whales began back in 2020 after ...