Two new studies have found that whale song has structural similarities to human languages, especially when it comes to efficiency and brevity. It’s leading researchers to believe that evolutionary ...

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

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

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

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