An international research team, led by Dr. Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo, has uncovered an “exceptional” ...

All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the second most frequent, three times as frequent as the third, and so on. This ...

Fragment of projectile point from the cave site of Isturitz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France), made of bone from right whale or bowhead whale, dated to 17,300-16,700 years before present, curated at the ...

When researcher Jared Towers set up his cameras underwater to observe a pair of killer whales, he saw something strange.

KILLER whales have been spotted giving gifts to humans in “extremely unusual” behaviour, baffled scientists say. Dozens of instances of orcas approaching humans with offerings have ...

Jono Allen tells PEOPLE exclusively about his mesmerizing career as an underwater photographer, and how one ocean dive with ...

A popular theory is that a dead whale buried on a South Carolina beach led to two shark bites in June. Two experts weigh in ...

Sadly, this viral video of a beluga whale playing fetch with a rugby ball is not what it first seems. We reveal the truth.

Other animals including some early humans, non-human primates, sea otters, elephants, and bird species are known to use objects to make tools. While the bubble nets that humpback whales use to catch ...

Whales have inspired rich histories of storytelling. From the stories told by the Haida in the Pacific Northwest about sǵaana, whales that move between the human and spirit worlds, to those told in ...

Whale song recording (2017) Operation Cetaces, 916 KB (download) Close analysis of whale song revealed statistical structures similar to those found in human language. Credit: Operation Cetaces × ...