Whale Songs Obey Basic Rules of Human Languages
For all the world’s linguistic diversity, human languages still obey some universal patterns. These run even deeper than grammar and syntax; they’re rooted in statistical laws that predict how frequently we use certain words and how long those words tend to be. Think of them as built-in guardrails to keep language easy to learn and use.
Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...
Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.
Whale song can be as efficient as – and, in some cases, more efficient than – human communication, according to a new study in Science Advances. Meanwhile, new unrelated research in Science further ...
Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, ...
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