Elizabeth Preston at Inkfish has a super blog post up about a beluga whale that was recorded mimicking the sounds of human speech. It concludes with the most excellent line that “to whales, humans ...

SAN DIEGO -- It could be the muffled sound of singing in the shower or that sing-songy indecipherable voice from the Muppets' Swedish Chef. Surprisingly, scientists said the audio they captured was a ...

Discovered: Cooking helped humans evolve large brains; beluga vocalizations strikingly similar to human speech; how the dung beetle keeps its cool; measuring consciousness. Measuring consciousness ...

Who says that whale watching is boring? Well no one, but they definitely wouldn't say that about a beluga whale and their trainer in Danzhou, China. The two were recorded showing off their incredible ...

The whales are known for their white color and range of vocal sounds, earning them the title of "canary of the sea," according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They are also ...

In the past when I traveled to the arctic to film Polar bears, I always went during the winter when there was snow on the ground. After all, capturing images of Polar bears in snow is the ...