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Actually, how do they make sounds?" The Professor is part of a team that's just published new research on whale singing in the ... minke and sei - which are all types of baleen whales.

“These two types are genetically two of the most distantly ... John Ford, a killer whale researcher at Fisheries & Oceans Canada who did not contribute to the findings, tells Hakai Magazine ...

Several types of cetaceans live in close-knit ... as some specialise on different prey.' Whale calls can be so specific and recognisable that their prey can use the sounds to identify danger. A 2002 ...

"One hundred percent of plastic marine debris tested have either similar or stronger acoustic target strengths compared with that of whale prey items," the authors ... structure near their blowholes.

This is because many of the techniques used to capture audio record a large sample size of sounds. A major example ... to ...