The most common word is used twice as often as the second most common word, three times as often as the third most common ...

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

Celebrate the annual migration with whale walks, beach fires, chowder and wine tastings, whale-themed music and more.

Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...

Whale song, though technically not a language, is organized in a familiar pattern.

All known human languages display a pattern known as Zipf’s law. Now, researchers have found the same pattern in whale song.

"Using insights and methods from how babies learn language allowed us to discover previously undetected structure in whale ...

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

Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little ...