Two new studies have found that whale song has structural similarities to human languages, especially when it comes to ...

Discover 10 lesser-known facts about the blue whale, the largest animal on Earth. Learn about its diet, communication, ...

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

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

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

Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and ...

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

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Whale song can be as efficient as – and, in some cases, more efficient than – human communication, according to a new study in Science Advances ...

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 ...

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 ...