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

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

A whale has been spotted making waves at Britain's top surfing capital in an incredible video that shows it playfully slapping the water with its fin. The humpback was seen by excited witness ...

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 ...

“And whale song is a great place to look,” said Inbal Arnon, an expert on language acquisition at Hebrew University and an author of the new study. Humpback whale song recording from 201 ...

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 ...

Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little evidence it has language-like structure. Human language, which is also ...

An entangled and “exhausted” humpback whale was recently rescued off the coast of the United Kingdom, video footage shows. Photo from Silas Baisch, UnSplash An entangled humpback whale was ...

The advisory follows a recent incident on January 6, when a humpback whale was reported entangled in crab gear, and comes after a record high of four whale entanglements in Oregon crab gear in 2024.