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 ...

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

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

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

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

Whale song is more similar to human language than previously thought, research has found. The study, led by the University of ...

Whale song can be as efficient as – and, in some cases, more efficient than – human communication, according to a new study in Science Advances. Meanwhile, new unrelated research in Science further ...