The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new ...

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

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Trained responders at the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary undertook the life-saving detangling operations for the whales Luke Chinman is an editorial intern at PEOPLE.

A collision with an ocean vessel may have been what killed a humpback whale that washed ashore in Huntington Beach last week, according to officials with the Pacific Marine Mammal Center.

A humpback whale has got into difficulty after becoming entangled in rope at a fish farm off Skye. Organic Sea Harvest said it had suspended normal operations at its Invertote site in the north of ...