This very lucky swimmer had slipped into the water near a mother humpback and her newborn baby, hoping for a close look and a few photographs. The whale pushes her baby to the surface for its ...

NOAA Fisheries West Coast An orca whale mother has kept her dead calf by her side for at least 11 days. Tahlequah (who is also known as her alpha-numeric designation, J35) previously made ...

Benefits that whales bring extend far beyond the ocean – they help us, humans, too. Coastal communities around the world rely ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Related: Baby Whale Dies After ... can relate to her as a grieving mother and as a member of this tight-knit community of whales that she belongs to." Related: Humpback Whale Accidentally Almost ...