Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

But these are special occasion words, sprinkled sparingly into writing and conversation. The words in heaviest rotation are ...

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...

Human babies rely on a strategy called “statistical learning” to identify certain words and patterns as they get exposed to ...

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

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

Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water ...

Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and ...

For all the world’s linguistic diversity, human languages still obey some universal patterns. These run even deeper than ...

Scientists have discovered that human language and whale songs have remarkable similarities in the way they are segmented and ...

Only male whales sing as part of an elaborate courtship display to prove their worth to potential mates. Other ways to woo a whale can include physical competition, where males charge at speed all in ...