A study finds that whale songs are similar to human speech patterns after breaking down the sound lengths and frequencies ...

Whales are mammals, which means they are warm-blooded and give birth to live young. They also breathe air with either one or two blowholes, depending on their species. To help them regulate their ...

Dutch scientist Leonie Cornips has become fascinated with how cows communicate. But can this really be called 'language'?

Now, an international, interdisciplinary team of scientists has found that the intricate songs of humpback whales, which can spread rapidly from one population to another, follow the same rule ...

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The ocean is a world of sound. Beneath the surface, marine life relies on calls, clicks, and songs to navigate, communicate, and survive. For baleen whales, singing songs is essential, but it also ...

While many of her contemporaries are playing canasta, she’s releasing her 25th book. There’s no mystery to it, Tyler says: Start on Page 1, then keep writing. By Elisabeth Egan In “Summer ...

Despite humans and whales being separated by millions of years of evolution, our vocalizations follow the same principle outlined in Zipf’s law Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent All human ...