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Whale songs have features of language, but whales may not be speaking The features that whale calls share with language are very abstract. Jacek Krywko – May 22, 2024 11:55 am ...

Whale songs are more than just beautiful melodies; they are lifelines. These complex patterns of clicks, moans, and pulses are used for everything from finding mates to navigating the vast ocean.

A new study reveals that whale song and human languages share features that make them easier to learn. Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are known for their complex songs. New research ...

There's a reason whale song strikes a chord with humans (10 min 39 sec) "I've always been fascinated by the kind of complex cultural behaviours that whales show, and particularly how that ...

And while no other whale song has traveled so far, the vocalizations of other whale species can travel great distances: the low, powerful rumblings of a blue whale, for example, have been picked ...

Singing Cetaceans. Male humpback whales are known for producing haunting songs, rhythmic sequences of sounds that can last for hours and be heard 20 miles or 30 kilometers away.

A painting of humpback whale indicating the cartilages of the larynx. Credit: Patricia Jaqueline Matic, Vienna. Whale songs can be both beautiful and haunting. But the exact mechanism that the 16 ...

The humpback whale songs continually increased and were detected on 34 percent of days at the beginning of the study. They eventually rose to 76 percent of days after six years.

Ever since the discovery of whale songs almost 60 years ago, scientists have been trying to decipher the lyrics. But sperm whales don’t produce the eerie melodies sung by humpback whales, sounds ...

Dr. Gero was startled that Ms. Sharma could see something in sperm whale songs that he and his colleagues had missed for years. “It was a way we hadn’t looked at it,” he said.