The most common word is used twice as often as the second most common word, three times as often as the third most common ...

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

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

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

Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...

Research co-led by Hebrew University expert on language learning suggests such patterns might also shape sounds made by other ...

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

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

Whale song, though technically not a language, is organized in a familiar pattern.

Humpback whale songs share structural similarities with human language, suggesting complex communication patterns.

"Using insights and methods from how babies learn language allowed us to discover previously undetected structure in whale ...