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 ...

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

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

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 ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a necropsy revealed the whale may have suffered a ship ...

A total of 429 volunteers gathered data from the shores of Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Molokaʻi and Hawai‘i islands during the Hawaiian ...

Volunteer rescuers have freed a humpback whale that had become entangled in rope at a Skye salmon farm. The animal was ...

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication ...

For all the world’s linguistic diversity, human languages still obey some universal patterns. These run even deeper than ...