Sperm whales produce clicking sounds that reach source levels of 236 dB re 1 micropascal at one meter, making them the ...

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" ...

Most humans who echolocate are blind or vision-impaired and use the skill to go about their daily activities. Some make ...

Sperm whales are the loudest animals on Earth and rely on sound to find food in the sprawling darkness of the deep sea. MBARI technology allows us to listen in, gaining new insight into the mysterious ...

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 ...

Sightings of sperm whales are rare in Monterey Bay. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t nearby, deep under the surface of the ocean. Scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute analyzed a ...

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 ...

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” created ...

TOOTHED whales may owe their deep-dive ability to the power of echolocation. Early whales preyed on nautiluses and squid, which rose to the surface waters only under cover of darkness. To take ...