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

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

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

But these are special occasion words, sprinkled sparingly into writing and conversation. The words in heaviest rotation are ...

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

For all the world’s linguistic diversity, human languages still obey some universal patterns. These run even deeper than ...

When certain algae flourish in the sea, they produce neurotoxins that can sicken both humans and marine animals. Acute ...

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Marine scientists had an unexpected sighting earlier this week — a large number North Atlantic right whales near Jeffreys Ledge off the southern Maine and New Hampshire coasts. Research scientist Orla ...

Over 12,000 humpback whales migrate every winter from the frigid surroundings ... Humpbacks, during this time from November to May, do not feed but use up the fat stocks they acquire during the summer ...

“It’s very transparent.” Concerns about the effect of wind turbine noise on whales are overblown, Todd said, namely because they do not make much noise at all. When rotating, a turbine’s m ...