Despite humans and whales being separated by millions of years of evolution, our vocalizations follow the same principle ...

All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the second most frequent, three times as frequent as the third, and so on. This is ...

Two new studies have found that whale song has structural similarities to human languages, especially when it comes to ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Humpback whale songs share structural similarities with human language, suggesting complex communication patterns.

Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little ...

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

Koala and Curlew, two endangered female North Atlantic right whales have gone off course, perplexing researchers.