Migrating and local animals converge in the Atlantic Ocean off of South Carolina this time of year. Here’s what’s out beneath ...

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

Crew members of the Hawaiian Adventures Kona vessel Artemis recover a ghost net from waters off the Kona Coast on Feb. 6 during a whale watching tour. (Photo Courtesy: Hawaiian Adventures Kona) ...

The most common word is used twice as often as the second most common word, three times as often as the third most common ...

Scientists have discovered that Humpback whale songs follow structured patterns similar to human language, revealing new ...

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

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

Researchers identified statistically coherent patterns in whale song that may be a signature of cultural learning.

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 ...

The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human languages, which may be because of how they are learned ...

After being freed, “it began to swim and drive, showing all the great behavior we hope to see in a humpback,” an official said.