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    Recordings Reveal Baby Humpback Whales 'Whisper' To Their Mothers

    Scientists recently tracked eight baby whales using special sound and movement recorders. The sounds the babies made turned out to be far different from the eerie songs of adult male humpbacks.
    by Nell Greenfieldboyce Apr 26, 2017 1 minute
    A mother and calf humpback whale swim in the Exmouth Gulf in Western Australia.

    Baby humpback whales seem to whisper to their mothers, according to scientists who have captured the infant whales' quiet grunts and squeaks.

    The recordings, described in the journal , are the first ever made

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