There's a reason "antidisestablishmentarianism" is more a piece of trivia than vital to the English language. Because a word that long is not what human language favours. According to experts, we tend ...

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

This suggests that, like humans, whale song is transmitted “culturally”, meaning that whales learn their communication systems from each other. Researchers used methods inspir ...

The new study challenges the so far considered unique hallmark of the human way of communication. Humpback whale song follows ...

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

From birds travelling non-stop for 11 days, to the incredible feats of caribou, discover some of the longest migrations animals ...

I only managed to get a good view after a month of tracking it. It’s been swimming around in the evening, creating chaos with parking as people try and see it.' ...

Most of us are familiar with whale song, but new research suggests that the structure of the song - the individual parts that make up the whole - has similarities to human language.

Researchers found that whale feces contain iron and non-toxic copper, essential nutrients for ocean ecosystems. The study ...

Humpback whale song is one of the most complex acoustic displays in the animal kingdom, a striking example of a socially ...

Researchers identified statistically coherent patterns in whale song that may be a signature of cultural learning.