Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait ... to the next. This work innovatively applies methods inspired by how babies discover words in speech to humpback whale recordings ...

Humans and humpback whales are not closely related, and whale song does not carry the same semantic meaning that human language does ... Indeed, the next step is to determine whether the ...

Whale song is something ... just like in human language Mason Youngblood "This process may play a big role in the strength of linguistic laws in humpback songs, because complexity gains are ...

Humpback whale songs have statistical patterns in their structure that are remarkably similar to those seen in human language ... making a cut when the next sound element was surprising given ...

The researchers suggest it might be because it makes that form of communication—whether it’s language or song—easier to pass on to the next ... humpback whale song could be comparable to ...

A humpback whale that is missing its tail and was spotted in Washington state’s inland waters likely lost its iconic flukes after becoming entangled, possibly in some kind of line or fishing ...

Humpback Whale Jumps Out of Water Next to Tour Boat and Waves at Stunned Onlookers Dell captured video of the whale closing its mouth around his son. In the footage, Adrián disappears inside the ...

The injured humpback ... whale was spotted swimming with a severed tail off Washington. These sightings are now serving as reminders of the dangers of marine mammal entanglements and “human ...