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Hearing tests uncover unexpected humpback sensitivity to high-frequency noise
- January 28, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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University of Queensland hearing tests conducted across kilometers of ocean off the Australian coast show humpback whales react to higher frequency sounds than expected. Associate Professor Rebecca Dunlop from UQ's School of the Environment said the discovery has implications for the mitigation of noise-related human activity along whale migration routes.
Originally published at Phys.org