The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new ...

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

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication ...

Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...

I only managed to get a good view after a month of tracking it. It’s been swimming around in the evening, creating chaos with parking as people try and see it.' ...

Human babies rely on a strategy called “statistical learning” to identify certain words and patterns as they get exposed to ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a necropsy revealed the whale may have suffered a ship ...

Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and ...

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

A humpback whale has got into difficulty after becoming entangled in rope at a fish farm off Skye. Organic Sea Harvest said ...

The new study challenges the so far considered unique hallmark of the human way of communication. Humpback whale song follows ...

Sightings of humpback whales cruising the British coast are rising – and causing debate amongst conservationists researching the cause ...