All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the second most frequent, three times as frequent as the third, and so on. This is ...

Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own We may appear to have little in common with sperm whales – enormous, ocean-dwelling animals that last ...

Humpback whale songs have statistical patterns in their structure that are remarkably similar to those seen in human language. While this doesn’t mean the songs convey complex meanings like our ...

Whale deaths are on the rise along the New England coastline. Researchers are investigating why three whales died in Cape Cod Bay in less than a week. As WBUR reported, the researchers believe that ...

Bowhead whales have the greatest life span of any mammal on Earth. They can reach over 200 years in age thanks in part to ...

Two humpback whales have made record-breaking crossings between Australia and Brazil ...