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 ...

Humpback anglerfish typically are found at depths of up to 1,500 meters below the water's surface, where there is little to ...

Biologists found significant blunt-force trauma on the right side of the head of a 3-year-old whale and suspect it was hit by ...

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication ...

The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human languages, which may be ...

Researchers discovered the deep sea creature in Spain’s Canary Islands, capturing footage of it in broad daylight for the ...

Two local fisherman were able to successfully rescue a humpback whale found entangled in creel fishing gear to the north east of Skye after training with University of Glasgow researchers ...

An advisory to the state's commercial Dungeness crab fleet urges caution due to the risk of whale entanglement.

Fishery regulators in the U.S. state of Washington are considering changing the rules for its commercial Dungeness crab ...

Sightings of humpback whales cruising the British coast are rising – and causing debate amongst conservationists researching the cause ...

This statistical rule is called Zipf’s law, and now, an interdisciplinary team of scientists has revealed that humpback whale songs follow the same pattern. In a study published Thursday in the ...