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Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...

Two new studies have found eerily human-like sophistication in whale songs, challenging notions about our exceptionality and ...

Blue whales are not just the largest animals alive today, but the largest animals to ever live on Earth. They can stretch ...

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For a long time, language has been viewed as a uniquely human trait, with features that set us apart from how other species communicate. However, a new study has revealed that humpback whale song ...

A groundbreaking discovery reveals that the communication of humpback whales mirrors key structural elements found in human ...

JERUSALEM — An international study, led by Israeli and British researchers, has found that whale song has a structure similar ...

Whale song, though technically not a language, is organized in a familiar pattern.

Benefits that whales bring extend far beyond the ocean – they help us, humans, too. Coastal communities around the world rely on healthy oceans for food and livelihoods to support their families.

A key discovery was that whale song follows Zipf’s Law—a principle in human language where the most frequently used words ...

All known human languages display a pattern known as Zipf’s law. Now, researchers have found the same pattern in whale song.