Despite humans and whales being separated by millions of years of evolution, our vocalizations follow the same principle ...

The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new ...

The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human languages, which may be ...

Two new studies have found that whale song has structural similarities to human languages, especially when it comes to efficiency and brevity. It’s leading researchers to believe that evolutionary ...

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication of all other species. However, research published in Science has uncovered ...

Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and ...

The humpback was seen by excited witness Marie Lepage on Monday, February 3, just off Bedruthan Steps in Newquay, Cornwall, a ...

Chrissy Lovett had just opened Maui Ocean Adventures when a deadly wildfire swept through Lahaina in 2023, burning up the ...

Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...

Scientists have discovered that human language and whale songs have remarkable similarities in the way they are segmented and ...

Human babies rely on a strategy called “statistical learning” to identify certain words and patterns as they get exposed to ...

Biologists found significant blunt-force trauma on the right side of the head of a 3-year-old whale and suspect it was hit by ...