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

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

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

Researchers identified statistically coherent patterns in whale song that may be a signature of cultural learning.

The humpback was seen by excited witness Marie Lepage on Monday, February 3, just off Bedruthan Steps in Newquay, Cornwall, a ...

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

Scientists have discovered that human language and whale songs have remarkable similarities in the way they are segmented and ...

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

Learn about one of the ocean's most iconic and captivating creatures in the world, the humpback whale. Read more on the blog.

After being freed, “it began to swim and drive, showing all the great behavior we hope to see in a humpback,” an official ...

An advisory to the state's commercial Dungeness crab fleet urges caution due to the risk of whale entanglement.