A study published in Scienc on humpback whale songs has provided remarkable insights into the nature of nonhuman animal ...

Language has long been seen as a defining trait of human intelligence. Unlike the communication systems of other species, ...

A humpback whale appeared to swallow then spit out a kayaker in a viral video filmed off the coast of Chile. But was he actually in any danger?

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

Two new studies have found eerily human-like sophistication in whale songs, challenging notions about our exceptionality and ...

For a long time, language has been viewed as a uniquely human trait, with features that set us apart from how other species ...

JERUSALEM — An international study, led by Israeli and British researchers, has found that whale song has a structure similar ...

Whale song, though technically not a language, is organized in a familiar pattern.

“It’s a celebration of life,” he said. ”It's a natural intuition and the visual possibility and the evolution of me as an ...

A key discovery was that whale song follows Zipf’s Law—a principle in human language where the most frequently used words ...

JERUSALEM, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- An international study, led by Israeli and British researchers, has found that whale song has a structure similar to human language, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ...

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