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

Whales use moans, snores, chirps and cries that are known as whale song. And now, a new study has found that whale song is ...

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

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

All known human languages display a pattern known as Zipf’s law. Now, researchers have found the same pattern in whale song.

Greek is used in every language throughout the world. This Spanish oldie by an Argentinian group proves that Greek are ...

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

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 new studies have found that whale song has structural similarities to human languages, especially when it comes to efficiency and brevity. It’s leading researchers to believe that evolutionary ...