From marathon treks by gray whales across thousands of kilometres to shorter seasonal excursions by minkes, migration routes ...

A rare dwarf sperm whale mysteriously washed ashore in Australia, prompting an official investigation, according to news ...

A sperm whale’s tooth can weigh more than two pounds and they are illegally trafficked to be used as decorations and for ...

Whale-watching tour operators encountered the mass gathering of cetaceans while looking for migrating gray whales ...

All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the ...

These whale songs are sung by males as a way to woo a mate, and they can change and morph into a more complicated song each ...

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

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication ...

What could go wrong if you mix a whale and dynamite? Today it’s known that stranded whales are dangerous. But in 1970, it ...

Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little ...

Two North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the Gulf Coast of Alabama recently in a rare encounter less than a mile away ...

The exhausted whale was finally freed on Friday afternoon, with rescuers continuing to monitor its movements. A member of the public first spotted the distressed whale at around 8.30am on Thursday and ...