Ride on a humpback whale with little sucker fish

Remora species like the whale sucker ( Remora australis) aren’t picky eaters either. When sea lice and other parasites aren’t ...
IFLScience

Humpback Whale Song Follows Zipf’s Law, A Fundamental Law Of Human Language

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Humpback Whale Song Shares a Key Pattern With Human Language That Might Make It Easier for the Animals to Learn

All human languages follow the same pattern: The most common word is used twice as often as the second most common word, three times as often as the third most common word, four times as often as the ...
The New York Times

Humpback Whales Sing the Way Humans Speak

The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new study suggests. By Emily Anthes The English language is full of wonderful ...