Deciphered whale calls reveal troubling human impacts on belugas

Deciphered whale calls reveal troubling human impacts on belugas

Cook Inlet beluga whales are once again showing how difficult it can be for wildlife to survive in busy industrial waters. A new study decoding the calls of these Alaska whales found that some of the sounds most important to their daily lives — including calls used when calves are present — can be drowned out by human noise.  What's happening? According to an article from Phys.org, University of Washington researchers published a new study in Be…