Whales are known for their eerie undersea songs, but now experts say those melodic tones are far more complex than previously believed. Researchers were able to decipher hidden- language like ...

Song of the Spindle is a funny and surprisingly insightful conversation between a man and a whale. It turns out that humans and whales have more in common than one might expect; for example ...

"The Whale Fat Follies," the long-running Alaska comedy show, is back for the summer with great new material making fun of Alaskans in general and politicians in particular.

The humpback whales' song is probably the most complex in the animal kingdom. The range of frequencies that whales use are from 30 Hertz (Hz) to about 8,000 Hz. Researchers believe that some of ...

Whale songs have features of language, ... Mockingbird songs “It’s funny how people always want to compare animal communication to language—it is sexy, and it helps to sell papers.

Whale Songs Are Getting Deeper. Scientists have theories as to why—some worrisome, some hopeful, all involving humans. By Rebecca Giggs. Esther Aarts. October 2019 Issue. Share. Save.

LiveScience: The love songs of humpback whales may sound free-flowing and improvised, but mathematical analysis shows that they follow complex grammatical rules. IE 11 is not supported.

His latest study, published in the journal Animal Cognition, presents additional evidence to strengthen his argument for a departure from treating whale songs as the underwater analog to bird songs.

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

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 ...