Whale song is something we humans listen to when relaxing – but new research has shown that, as a form of communication, it ain't messing around. A new study has found that certain whale species ...

Amazon river dolphins are saying it with urine proudly sprayed directly into the air, an inside look at the planetary defense ...

Humpback whale songs are among the most sophisticated in the animal kingdom and an outstanding example of non-human culture. Now, researchers have demonstrated that these vocal sequences exhibit ...

Human languages display a pattern known as Zipf’s law. Now, researchers have found the same pattern in whale song. In all known human languages there is a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in ...

A mother humpback whale and calf are seen on the coast of Brazil in August 2023. Researchers say they've discovered that humpback whale song is passed ... bowhead, blue and fin whales — adhere ...

considering they bellow their songs across vast distances under water while holding their breath and cycling it through their bodies. "It's important to do so in the cheapest way possible," Youngblood ...

A groundbreaking study, published in Science, has unearthed surprising parallels between human languages and whale songs, specifically their shared adherence to Zipf's law. The research, led by ...

During these epic journeys, as well as at their feeding and breeding habitats, humpbacks communicate with each other through song. “We used to think ... But to be able to do that, whales need to be ...

Two new studies this week focused on whale song and found striking ... The research found some whales — including humpbacks, bowhead, blue and fin whales — adhere to two linguistic laws ...

JERUSALEM — An international study, led by Israeli and British researchers, has found that whale song has a structure similar to human language, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said in a ...