There is no escaping underwater noise. Essay by our own Dr. Susanna Blackwell about underwater noise and its effects on marine mammals.
You've got whale. Radio interview on Big Picture Science of the SETI Institute with Dr. Blackwell about her work with East Greenland narwhal calling behavior. 29 October, 2018
A daily audio diary of the narwhal. Radio interview of Dr. Blackwell on WNYC's Science Friday as part of Oceans Month. 15 June, 2018
BBC Inside Science: Narwhals: listen to the unicorn of the sea Radio interview of Dr. Blackwell with Adam Rutherford on BBC Inside Science from Radio 4. Illustration credit: David Fleetham. 14 June, 2018
Science Alert: The cryptic voices of narwhals have been recorded in the most detail yet. Article with embedded clips of narwhal social calls. 14 June, 2018
Smithsonian Magazine Smart News: Researchers record the sounds of the elusive narwhal. Magazine article with embedded narwhal calls. 14 June, 2018
The strange, fading call of the narwhal. Article by author Alan Burdick about narwhals and the sounds recorded using Acousonde™ tags. 13 June, 2018
The New York Times: Listen to the sounds of narwhals that have been elusive to science. Newspaper article by science writer JoAnna Klein with embedded narwhal social calls. Photo credit: Carsten Egevang. 13 June, 2018
Here’s what narwhals sound like underwater. From the magazine of The Society for Science & the Public, includes a plot of clicks, buzzes and calls with depth of dives. 13 June, 2018
Science Daily: Heart monitors on wild narwhals reveal alarming responses to stress. Article on the heart rate and stress response of narwhals to capture and handling during tagging. Photo credit: Terrie M. Williams. 7 December, 2017
