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

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication of all other species. However, research published in Science has uncovered ...

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the second most frequent, three times as frequent as the third, and so on. This is ...

Whale song is more similar to human language than previously thought, research has found. The study, led by the University of ...

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

Humpback whale song is one of the most complex acoustic displays in the animal kingdom, a striking example of a socially ...

Chrissy Lovett had just opened Maui Ocean Adventures when a deadly wildfire swept through Lahaina in 2023, burning up the ...