Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

An iconic attribute of humpback whales are not harmful to the animals, according to the Port McNeill-based Marine Education and Research Society (MERS).

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

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

Two new studies have found that whale song has structural similarities to human languages, especially when it comes to efficiency and brevity. It’s leading researchers to believe that evolutionary ...

Marine Conservation Charity ORCA’s “State of the Cetaceans 2024 ... and the Pacific to the Mediterranean. Humpback whale populations are strongly recovering on their feeding grounds ...

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...