A team of scientists from the SETI Institute and the University of California at Davis has documented, for the first time, humpback whales producing large bubble rings, like a human smoker blowing ...

Humpback whales may be communicating with humans in a playful way, according to researchers who have been studying the marine mammals' behavior. Researchers from the SETI Institute, a Silicon ...

Humpback whales may be communicating with humans in a playful way, according to researchers who have been studying the marine mammals' behavior. Researchers from the SETI Institute, a Silicon ...

“This important assumption is certainly supported by the independent evolution of curious behaviour in humpback whales,” said Laurance Doyle, an author of the study from SETI Institute. Researchers ...

Humpback whales are already known for complex songs, acoustic variety, and cooperative social structures. But the idea that they may initiate communication with humans voluntarily opens up a new ...

“This important assumption is certainly supported by the independent evolution of curious behavior in humpback whales.” “Humpback whales live in complex societies, are acoustically diverse, use bubble ...

Humpback whales have been observed blowing bubble rings during friendly interactions with humans a behavior never before documented. This surprising display may be more than play; it could ...

Humpback whales may be communicating with humans in a playful way, according to researchers who have been studying the marine mammals' behavior. Researchers from the SETI Institute, a Silicon ...

June 5, 2025, Mountain View, CA -- A team of scientists from the SETI Institute and the University of California at Davis documented, for the first time, humpback whales producing large bubble ...

However, a new study has revealed that humpback whale song actually shares the same statistical pattern of human language. There is an empirical rule called Zipf's law that all human languages follow.

Other animals including some early humans, non-human primates, sea otters, elephants, and bird species are known to use ...

Scientists have launched the first global database of animal culture, revealing how species learn, communicate, and pass down traditions.