Results showed that whale songs contain statistically coherent sequences, much like words in human speech. Moreover, the ...

Whale songs have features of language, ... One thing that requires vocal learning and syntax but doesn’t have semantics is music. Let’s take a mockingbird song, for example.

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 these ...

After discovering that whales could sing, he produced a hit 1970 album, “Songs of the Humpback Whale,” that galvanized the anti-whaling movement.

DENNIS ― The voices of humans and the tones of musical instruments will blend with nature's symphony ― including recordings of whale songs and the cry of an Alaskan tundra wolf ― in a free ...

Sing along with Raffi’s Baby Beluga, a fun children’s song that is filled with the joy of ocean life and perfect for little ...

Ever since the discovery of whale songs almost 60 years ago, scientists have been trying to decipher their lyrics. ... But they said sperm whale codas might be more akin to music than language.

Among humans, music is an act of artistic expression, but it’s also a form of communication. Music has the ability to transmit not just meaning, but also emotion.

In 1971, in the journal Science, two scientists, Roger S. Payne and Scott McVay, published a paper titled “Songs of Humpback Whales.” They began by noting how “during the quiet age of sail ...

Nantucket Crisps held the second annual Whale Jam benefit concert in support of Whale and Dolphin Conservation, an international wildlife charity, on Thursday at Roadrunner. Inspired by Nantucket’s ...

In that way, whale song is more like music, which also happens to follow Zipf’s law. But the similarities are still striking. Luke Rendell, a biologist at the University of St. Andrews, ...