A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.

Whale song is something we humans listen to when relaxing – but ... Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could ...

This will help to reveal whether cultural evolution is the common driver of these properties between humans and whales. Scientists have confirmed a great white shark found dead on a beach in western ...

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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 ...

Researchers say they've discovered that humpback whale song is passed down over the years and changes — something it has in common with human language ... bowhead, blue and fin whales ...

Because a word that long is not what human language favours. According to experts ... "And the easiest way to do that is by reducing vocalization time." The research found some whales — including ...

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 ...