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

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

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

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 ...

Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen whales have something to fear from killer whales, their only known natural ...

The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new ...

A whale has been spotted making waves at Britain's top surfing capital in an incredible video that shows it playfully slapping the water with its fin. The humpback was seen by excited witness ...

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 ...

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 ...

These animals don’t frequently wash up on Huntington Beach’s shores. Agencies are looking into the cause of death of the ...