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 ...

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 ...

Research co-led by Hebrew University expert on language learning suggests such patterns might also shape sounds made by other ...

Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...

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

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 ...

I only managed to get a good view after a month of tracking it. It’s been swimming around in the evening, creating chaos with ...

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

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 ...