Newly documented behavior in a recently published paper by SETI Institute and UC Davis team members may offer insights into ...

Humpback whales caught blowing giant bubble rings underwater may have been attempting some kind of communication with their ...

Brave rescuers risk their own safety to free animals like humpback whales that become entangled in ropes and other fishing ...

Researchers bring a SETI approach to the question of what—if anything—humpbacks’ underwater smoke rings might be trying to ...

Humpback whales have been documented for the first time creating large bubble rings in water during friendly interactions with humans, suggesting they could be trying to communicate with us.

Because of current limitations on technology, an important assumption of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is that ...

Humpback whales have been caught blowing bubble rings at humans in what may be playful or communicative acts. This discovery ...

Humpback whales may be communicating with humans in a playful way, according to researchers who have been studying the marine mammals' behavior.

Humpback whales may be communicating with humans in a playful way, according to researchers who have been studying the marine mammals' behavior. Researchers from the SETI Institute, a Silicon ...

Humpback whales are giving birth far beyond their known tropical calving zones—some as far south as Tasmania and New Zealand.

The researchers suggest that the behavior of producing bubble rings during interactions with humans may represent play or communication, arising in situations of curiosity and interaction. "This ...