Language has long been seen as a defining trait of human intelligence. Unlike the communication systems of other species, ...

Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...

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

A study published in Scienc on humpback whale songs has provided remarkable insights into the nature of nonhuman animal ...

For all the world’s linguistic diversity, human languages still obey some universal patterns. These run even deeper than ...

In the early 1970s, engineers listening for Russian submarines started detecting strange underwater signals. Using ...

The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new ...

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

Some baleen whale species are capable of evading orcas — their only known predators — by using stealth-like communication, according to new research. Specifically, the marine mammals can sing at ...

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication ...

Despite humans and whales being separated by millions of years of evolution, our vocalizations follow the same principle ...