Two new studies have found that whale song has structural similarities to human languages, especially when it comes to ...

Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and ...

Learn more about how baleen whales split into two groups — fight or flight — and how these groups determine how loud they sing.

Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, we might be running out of time to find the source.

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

Humpback whale songs share structural similarities with human language, suggesting complex communication patterns.

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...

A humpback whale waves its fin out of the water off the coast of Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Scientists say that just because we can detect patterns in whale song, it doesn't mean we know ...