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

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

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 ...

The most common word is used twice as often as the second most common word, three times as often as the third most common ...

In the early 1970s, engineers listening for Russian submarines started detecting strange underwater signals. Using ...

“Sounds that commonly co-occur are probably ... “It begs asking if they are simply biological laws?” (Not all whale sing. Read up on some common whale misconceptions.) Another study ...

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

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

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

Humans can't hear all whale sounds - humans can only hear part of whale songs because we can't hear the lower frequencies. Whales also use their tails and fins to make loud slapping noises on the ...

Learn more about how baleen whales split into two groups — fight or flight — and how these groups determine how loud they sing.

When the Titan submersible imploded, scientists were able to capture audio of the event. Here's how they could do that and what the gear is normally used for.