A new effort to monitor the seas by sound says, resoundingly, yes. The ocean—especially busy places such as coral reefs—can ...

Imagine it’s the early 1900s and you’re a giant blue whale basking in the warm waters of the Santa Barbara Channel, just off the coast of Southern California. What do you hear? Fellow whale songs, ...

Whales and dolphins aren’t the only producers of sound in the oceans. Earthquakes rattle the seafloor, while container ships ...

As human-caused sound gets louder around the world, some animals change their behavior and many creatures suffer health ...

Our fascinating and magnificent planet is filled with countless different sounds of nature. While many of us experience nature's cacophony of sounds on land and in the sky and hearing them makes us ...

Mysterious sounds emanating from the depths of the Southern Ocean continue to astound scientists as the latest research suggests the strange noises may have been a “conversation” between unidentified ...

Whales and other mammals rely on a balance of underwater sounds to survive. Climate change could be throwing off that fragile equilibrium. Adding to that list of dangers, a new study suggests that ...

The world's seas are much louder than they were in pre-industrial times. Noise can reduce an ocean animal's ability to hear environmental cues that are vital for survival. “For many marine species, ...

The ocean is a noisy place, buzzing with sounds created by wildlife, weather, seasons and earthquakes. For sea animals, these sounds form their natural “soundscape”, but a new article in Science shows ...

Most people picture lions, roosters, or even cicadas when they think about noisy animals. Their sounds grab attention because ...

Shipping is one of the main sources of human-made sound in the ocean. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images In the early days of the pandemic, shipping activity around the world plummeted, ...