This is the stunning moment a huge humpback whale breaches from the water. The mammal, which can weigh up to 35 tonn ...

Humpback whale songs have statistical patterns in their structure that are remarkably similar to those seen in human language. While this doesn’t mean the songs convey complex meanings like our ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers used methods inspired by how babies discover words in speech, and applied them to eight years of humpback whale song data. All human languages follow a universal pattern where a few ...

Researchers used methods inspired by how babies discover words in speech, and applied them to eight years of humpback whale song data. All human languages follow a universal pattern where a few words ...

A humpback whale breaching in Monterey Bay, California. Image by Dr. Mridula Srinivasan/NOAA via Flickr (CC BY-SA 4.0). The study also looked at the kinds of algae present in the blooms putting ...