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

The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new ...

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

Whales use moans, snores, chirps and cries that are known as whale song. And now, a new study has found that whale song is ...

Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...

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 ...

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

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

The new study challenges the so far considered unique hallmark of the human way of communication. Humpback whale song follows ...

Scientists have discovered that human language and whale songs have remarkable similarities in the way they are segmented and ...