Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water ...

Whale song can be as efficient as – and, in some cases, more efficient than – human communication, according to a new study in Science Advances ...

Researchers identified statistically coherent patterns in whale song that may be a signature of cultural learning.

For all the world’s linguistic diversity, human languages still obey some universal patterns. These run even deeper than ...

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

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

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

The Java sparrow is ready for the video recording. As I hold it carefully in my hand in order to transfer it to the recording ...

Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen whales have something to fear from killer whales, their only known natural ...

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Only male whales sing as part of an elaborate courtship display to prove their worth to potential mates. Other ways to woo a whale can include physical competition, where males charge at speed all in ...

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