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

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

All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the ...

Two new studies have found eerily human-like sophistication in whale songs, challenging notions about our exceptionality and potentially shedding light on the evolution of language.

Research co-led by Hebrew University expert on language learning suggests such patterns might also shape sounds made by other ...

This is known as Zipf's law. Researchers have hunted for evidence of this pattern in communication among other species, but until now no other examples have been found. We discovered that the same ...

"Using insights and methods from how babies learn language allowed us to discover previously undetected structure in whale ...