In a new book called Why Whales Sing, Eduardo Mercado details his life's work to try and understand what whale songs are all about.

Saratoga High School senior Lucy Zhang presented her research on the link between whale songs and human musical compositions ...

Whales sing loud enough that their songs travel through the ocean, but knowing the mechanics behind that has been a mystery.

Hearing the haunting moans and cries that whales make to communicate is an unforgettable, spine-tingling experience. Tourists describe a sense of awe when they witness whale songs, and a series of new ...

Questioning the purpose of whale song — for love or echolocation? When Eduardo Mercado first heard a whale singing decades ago, he didn’t accept that the continuous pattern of sounds they were ...

Two new studies have found eerily human-like sophistication in whale songs, challenging notions about our exceptionality and potentially shedding light on the evolution of language. Some whales can ...

(CNN) — Eerie, fascinating and at times unnerving, whale songs are one of the most mysterious sounds to have been heard reverberating through the ocean. (CNN) — Eerie, fascinating and at times ...

Songs have lowered in frequency, in part because of changes to ocean water. Whales in the ocean around Antarctica are changing their tune, according to a new study. Publishing their findings in the ...

Whales use complex communication systems we still don’t understand, a trope exploited in sci-fi shows like Apple TV’s Extrapolations. That show featured a humpback whale (voiced by Meryl Streep) ...

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication of all other species. However, research published in Science has uncovered ...

Whales breed in specific areas deep beneath the Arctic Circle ice, reveals new research. Scientists used state of the art AI ...