In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a practical tool for driving innovation across industries. At ...

Thirteen gazetted Aboriginal place names in Tasmania written in the reconstructed palawa kani language will have their first ...

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

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

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

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

The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new ...

For early humans, language was believed to be primitive and simple, mostly involving gestures, facial expressions, and sounds to convey meaning. The evolution to symbolic thinking, which refers to ...

The new study challenges the so far considered unique hallmark of the human way of communication. Humpback whale song follows ...

Two new studies have found that whale song has structural similarities to human languages, especially when it comes to efficiency and brevity. It’s leading researchers to believe that evolutionary ...