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

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

Whale song, though technically not a language, is organized in a familiar pattern.

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

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

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

Research has revealed a previously undetected ‘language-like structure’ in whale song that was thought to be unique to human ...