The ocean is teeming with the chirps, “boings” and grunts of underwater creatures. An international team of scientists are building a Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds, dubbed "Glubs," by ...

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Researchers have recorded penguins making sounds underwater for the first time—the first time such behavior has been identified in seabirds. These animals, like other seabirds, are highly vocal on ...

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.

Soundscape ecology is a non-invasive method for monitoring ecosystem diversity and health, but process behind it is still very time-consuming. By Charlotte Hu Updated Dec 9, 2021 3:04 PM EST Get the ...

Oregon State University acoustic engineer Haru Matsumoto dives behind a glider being tested in Kona, Hawaii. After testing, scientists sent the glider on an 18-day trip along the Washington state and ...

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 ...

PORT TOWNSEND — A principal electrical engineer of the University of Washington’s applied physics lab will give a lecture intended to conjure awareness of the reality of underwater sound this weekend.

Penguins are adorable creatures, but they also get a lot of attention for their peculiar social behavior, which includes ...

Fireworks divide opinions like few other subjects. To us as people, fireworks are either an exciting visual and auditory ...