Benefits that whales bring extend far beyond the ocean – they help us, humans, too. Coastal communities around the world rely ...

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

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.

Volunteer rescuers have freed a humpback whale that had become entangled in rope at a Skye salmon farm. The animal was spotted in difficulty at Organic Sea Harvest's Invertote site in the north of ...

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

Learn about one of the ocean's most iconic and captivating creatures in the world, the humpback whale. Read more on the blog.

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication of all other species. However, research published in Science has uncovered ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Scientists have discovered that human language and whale songs have remarkable similarities in the way they are segmented and structured. The study, which looked at eight years of humpback whale ...