I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now.” These are the lyrics penned and sung by Canadian poet, painter and musician Joni Mitchell. It was the mid-’60s and she was […] ...

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 ...

Now, an international, interdisciplinary team of scientists has found that the intricate songs of humpback whales, which can spread rapidly from one population to another, follow the same rule ...

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

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

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 ...

A mother humpback whale and calf are seen on the coast of Brazil in August 2023. Researchers say they've discovered that humpback whale song is passed down over the years and changes — something ...

In new research published in Science, our team of experts in whale song, linguistics and developmental psychology analysed eight years’ of song recordings from humpback whales in New Caledonia. Led by ...

TWO fishermen have rescued a humpback whale which was entangled in rope off the coast of Skye. The pair of creel fishermen were fishing in the southern area off the coast of the Scottish island when ...