There's a reason "antidisestablishmentarianism" is more a piece of trivia than vital to the English language. Because a word ...

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

Whales don't just sing; they could in fact be speaking like us. Scientists studying humpback whale songs found complex ...

A study finds that whale songs are similar to human speech patterns after breaking down the sound lengths and frequencies ...

WELLINGTON, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- International scientists have found that whale noises and songs share the same structure with human language. The scientists analyzed the groans, moans, whistles, barks, ...

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

Human babies rely on a strategy called “statistical learning” to identify certain words and patterns as they get exposed to ...

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

Humpback whale – credit Operation CetacesLanguage has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it ...

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