But in addition to sensing quakes, the instruments also picked up whale song. The data above has been "sonified" to make it audible. The large bump towards the end is an earthquake. Read more ...

Scientists have worked out how some of the largest whales in the ocean produce their haunting and complex songs. Humpbacks and other baleen whales have evolved a specialised "voice box" that ...

something that can leave them vulnerable to having their sounds drowned out by ship engines and other human noise. Whales have even been observed learning complex songs from each other.

These whale songs have been a source of fascination for ... is among a group of scientists who have been studying how these sounds are made. "There is about 18 species of whales, large baleen ...

Acoustician and lead study author Dr Salvatore Cerchio said “the sei whale songs are simply the most bizarre and unusual sounds I have ever heard from a whale. They are entirely other worldly.” ...