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

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

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication of all other species. However, research published in Science has uncovered ...

Researchers identified statistically coherent patterns in whale song that may be a signature of cultural learning.

This is the stunning moment a huge humpback whale breaches from the water. The mammal, which can weigh up to 35 tonn ...

British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) sent members from across the UK after the alarm was raised on Thursday.

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

Learn about one of the ocean's most iconic and captivating creatures in the world, the humpback whale. Read more on the blog.

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 ...

A humpback whale has got into difficulty after becoming entangled in rope at a fish farm off Skye. Organic Sea Harvest said ...

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

Rescuers have freed a humpback whale that was caught up in a rope at a fish farm off the Isle of Skye. The mammal was spotted by a member of the public being in difficulty at the Invertote salmon ...