Researchers say they've discovered that humpback whale song is passed down over the years and changes — something it has in common with human language. (Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images ...

humpback whales might learn their songs by tracking transitional probabilities between elements and using the dips in these probabilities to identify meaningful boundaries in the song. Shane Gero, a ...

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 ...

However, research published in Science has uncovered the same statistical structure that is a hallmark of human language in humpback whale song. Humpback whale song is a striking example of a ...

Whale song is more similar to human language than previously thought, research has found. The study, led by the University of St Andrews, revealed a previously undetected “language-like ...

Perhaps now, even across species. Two new studies this week focused on whale song and found striking, structural parallels to human language, especially in humpback whales. To be clear ...