A humpback whale breaching in waters off French Polynesia. Whales in Australia were found to be passing their songs to others in French Polynesia, which in turn gave songs to whales in Ecuador.

Humpback whales might be some of the most iconic animals in the ocean, but they’re also full of surprises. They don’t just ...

Whale song is something we humans listen to when relaxing – but new research has shown that, as a form of communication, it ain't messing around. A new study has found that certain whale species ...

Humpback whale song recording from 2017. Male humpback whales sing long, elaborate songs, which are composed of a variety of sounds strung together in repeated phrases and themes.

On the other hand, humpback whale song could be comparable to human music, which also lacks semantic meaning while still adhering to Zipf’s law. But that doesn’t make the study less exciting.

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 ...

The researchers suggest that, much like human infants, humpback whales might learn their songs by tracking transitional probabilities between elements and using the dips in these probabilities to ...

Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little evidence it has language-like structure. Human language, which is also ...

Humpback vocalizations, including the complex and wide-ranging “whale song” performed by males, typically have an audio frequency between 80 and 4,000 hertz (Hz).

A mother humpback whale and calf are seen on the coast of Brazil in August 2023. Researchers say they've discovered that humpback whale song is passed down over the years and changes — something ...

New words can spread from continent to continent, while technologies such as cellphones and drones change the way people live around the world.It turns out that humpback whales have their own long ...

Humpback Whale Song Follows Zipf’s Law, A Fundamental Law Of Human Language And some whales exhibit Menzerath’s law even more strongly than humans. Rachael Funnell ...