This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. The constant thrum of ...

Porpoises are entirely dependent on their hearing for survival. They navigate, hunt, and communicate by emitting rapid click ...

New research shows that the harbor porpoise, a small whale native to Danish waters, appears to be equipped with an inbuilt "ea muffs" that helps it shield itself from intense noise, such as that from ...

Nolan McCoy sat on a couch in his Locust Point townhouse, where a painting of two military ships hung on the wall above him. The ships — the SS Antares and SS Denebola — were longtime neighbors of ...

To Be Heard Over Man-Made Sounds, This Arabian Sea Mammal Is Communicating In New Ways ...