An album of humpback whale songs released in 1970 became a significant environmental work. These structured whale sounds were identified as songs by researchers Roger Payne and Scott McVay. The ...

On , Aza Raskin, co-founder of the Earth Species Project, makes a surprising case: understanding animal communication could ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. humpback whale Two new studies have found eerily human-like sophistication in whale songs, challenging notions about our ...

A study published in Scienc on humpback whale songs has provided remarkable insights into the nature of nonhuman animal communication, revealing a striking similarity between whale songs and human ...

Whales use complex communication systems we still don’t understand, a trope exploited in sci-fi shows like Apple TV’s Extrapolations. That show featured a humpback whale (voiced by Meryl Streep) ...

From humpbacks learning the latest songs to sperm whales’ ‘clan codas’, drones and AI learning are helping reveal another dimension to the concept of culture ...

Boat engines are changing what underwater microphones can hear along Panama’s Pacific coast. Early results from a yearlong ...

Ever since the earliest known recording of whale song was made in 1949, researchers have been captivated by the wails, rumbles, clicks, grunts and squeals of their communication. As technology ...

All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the second most frequent, three times as frequent as the third, and so on. This is ...

“Whale Song,” a new public art installation created by French artist Jean-Marie Appriou to demonstrate the historical and mythological significance of whales, premiered at Boston’s Central Wharf Park ...