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

In a story that seems like it was pulled directly from a Grimm's fairy tale, one man is lucky to be alive after being ...

New research finds male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on if ...

Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures, communicating through various vocalizations like pulsed calls and whistles. For the first time, researchers have recorded these vocalizations and ...

Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, we might be running out of time to find the source.

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

Benefits that whales bring extend far beyond the ocean – they help us, humans, too. Coastal communities around the world rely on healthy oceans for food and livelihoods to support their families.

Using the alphanumeric versions of the whale songs, the team calculated the transitional probabilities between consecutive sound elements, making a cut when the next sound element was surprising ...

New research from the University of Washington finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they’re completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 ...

Just like people learn to speak by listening to others, whales learn songs and sounds from one another. Whale sound facts: The loudest whale sounds are made by blue whales and are louder than a ...