When linguists want to tell one vowel from another, they measure the peaks of acoustic energy that the human vocal tract ...

All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the second most frequent, three times as frequent as the third, and so on. This is ...

Human languages display a pattern known as Zipf’s law. Now, researchers have found the same pattern in whale song. In all known human languages there is a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in ...

New research reveals a previously unknown dimension of sperm whale vocalizations, shedding light on their complex communication system. NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A groundbreaking study ...

An international study led by Adelaide University has found bowhead whale populations are recovering only in stocks where ...

In a remarkable encounter, human scientists at Whale-SETI had what they describe as a "conversation" with a humpback whale ...