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

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

This statistical rule is called Zipf’s law, and now, an interdisciplinary team of scientists has revealed that humpback whale songs follow the same pattern. In a study published Thursday in the ...

Scientists have discovered that human language and whale songs have remarkable similarities in the way they are segmented and structured. The study, which looked at eight years of humpback whale ...

Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little evidence it has language-like structure. Human language, which is also ...

An entangled and “exhausted” humpback whale was recently rescued off the coast of the United Kingdom, video footage shows. Photo from Silas Baisch, UnSplash An entangled humpback whale was ...

A whale has been spotted making waves at Britain's top surfing capital in an incredible video that shows it playfully slapping the water with its fin. The humpback was seen by excited witness ...

In a dramatic turn of events, a pod of orcas has been recorded kidnapping a baby humpback whale. This incredible display of nature’s darker side was captured on video and has since garnered ...

Across just a few weeks, complex, never-before-heard melodies sung by humpback whales can spread across thousands of kilometres of oceans. These whale songs are sung by males as a way to woo a mate, ...

Leucas: for the scientific name of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). — Opus: a musical reference in honor of Beethoven and also a nod to belugas’ reputation as “canaries of the sea” with their ...