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

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

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

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

Benefits that whales bring extend far beyond the ocean – they help us, humans, too. Coastal communities around the world rely ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Learn about one of the ocean's most iconic and captivating creatures in the world, the humpback whale. Read more on the blog.

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

Biologists found significant blunt-force trauma on the right side of the head of a 3-year-old whale and suspect it was hit by ...