Ultimately, the listening program may help solve the fundamental mystery of why whales make the sounds they do.

In the next section we'll look at how the whale made the transition from land to water.

Maybe some sea captain's place from way back when killing whales made people respectable fortunes.

As the first mate had said, the whale was making for the other boat.

Yes, I know, but whales don't make very good pets.

Even whales and porpoises, I understand, made a kind of whistle somewhat like we just heard.

A more benign whale, the Pacific gray, often makes an appearance.

Carol slowed her approach when the whales made no attempt to get away.

Times we'd be the only boat, but the whales made it seem like we was in the middle of a girt big fleet.

Nor did the whale make any more attempts to feed that day.