Despite humans and whales being separated by millions of years of evolution, our vocalizations follow the same principle ...

The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as ...

Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, we might be running out of time to find the source.

In her letter to senators on the eve of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing to become the country’s next health ...

The team analyzed whale poop for iron, known to be especially limited in the Southern Ocean, as well as copper.

In a now viral Facebook post, video captured an extremely rare sighting of an endangered whale species along Alabama’s Gulf ...

After a 38-foot-long female gray whale washed ashore at Dockweiler Beach, scientists look for a cause of death: 'Each ...

Humpback whale songs share structural similarities with human language, suggesting complex communication patterns.

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writing primarily about animal health and science. She also covered the coronavirus pandemic. More about Emily Anthes A Humpback’s Unusual Odyssey: A humpback whale set a record by traversing ...

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 ...