Whale Communication

Amy Van Seis is a postdoctoral research biologist at NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, Washington. Scientists worry that it's getting harder for whales to find mates and communicate in other ways because of all the noisy distractions. Amy says there's evidence that whales are actually making their calls louder basically shouting to try to make themselves heard over all that noise. If understanding more about what different sounds might mean maybe you'll become a marine biologist.