A whale has been spotted making waves at Britain's top surfing capital in an incredible video that shows it playfully slapping the water with its fin. The humpback was seen by excited witness ...

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 ... whale waves its fin out of the ...

Now, an international, interdisciplinary team of scientists has found that the intricate songs of humpback whales ... be passed on by its hosts, which are humans,” Dr. Kirby added.

Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little evidence it has language-like structure. Human language, which is also ...

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 ...

just like in human languages.” A second study looked at recordings of New Caledonian humpback whales across a seven-year period to determine if they contained patterns that followed Zipfian ...

“We think of language as this culturally evolving system that has to essentially be passed on by its ... Humans and humpback whales are not closely related, and whale song does not carry the ...

Because a word that long is not what human language favours ... there's plenty of science that shows you can find this in improvisational jazz." A humpback whale waves its fin out of the water off the ...