This is the stunning moment a huge humpback whale breaches from the water. The mammal, which can weigh up to 35 tonn ...

Scientists have discovered that Humpback whale songs follow structured patterns similar to human language, revealing new ...

The water may be frigid, but brave the temperatures, and you're rewarded with a smorgasbord of brightly colored critters that ...

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

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

The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human languages, which may be ...

This statistical rule is called Zipf’s law, and now, an interdisciplinary team of scientists has revealed that humpback whale songs follow the same pattern. In a study published Thursday in the ...

"Using insights and methods from how babies learn language allowed us to discover previously undetected structure in whale ...

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 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 ...

After being freed, “it began to swim and drive, showing all the great behavior we hope to see in a humpback,” an official ...