All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the ...

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

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

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

The Metro Richmond Zoo has launched the Poppy Cam, a new livestream of its baby pygmy hippo Poppy and her mother, Iris. Poppy was born on Dec. 9, 2024, at the zoo. The Poppy Cam lets hippo lovers ...

A Paulding County Superior Court judge sentenced a man to 475 years in prison for more than 100 dog fighting and animal cruelty charges. India has doubled its tiger population in just over a ...

Americans who have fallen in love with Moo Deng no longer need to travel to Thailand to see a baby pygmy hippo in person. Poppy was born on Dec. 9, 2024, to the Metro Richmond Zoo's resident pygmy ...

BOSTON - About 75 North Atlantic right whales, representing about 20% of the critically endangered species' population worldwide, have gathered in an area off the coast of New England. A aerial ...

Marine scientists had an unexpected sighting earlier this week — a large number North Atlantic right whales near Jeffreys Ledge off the southern Maine and New Hampshire coasts. Research scientist Orla ...