“For example, how rhythmic the minke whale is. Or the Weddell seals and leopards seals, they sound harmonic and melodic—quite hypnotizing. Each different sound evokes a different kind of emotion.

I walked away from that conversation like “damn, Seal sounds cool as hell.” I’m trying to keep that version of Seal in my head right now, but it’s hard. Unfortunately, that Seal now must ...

Three juvenile seals learned to mimic human sounds that are played back for them, scientists report in a study published in Current Biology on June 20. The researchers found that the seals use the ...