It might sound like a scene out of Avatar 2. But scientists claim it's now possible to have a conversation with a whale, following a 20-minute chat with a humpback whale in Southeast Alaska. A 38-year ...

Humpback whales' language may be as foreign to us as an alien race from another planet. So learning to converse with whales could help us communicate with intelligent extraterrestrials. To that end, ...

19:36, Mon, Dec 18, 2023 Updated: 22:18, Mon, Dec 18, 2023 Scientists are claiming it is now possible to communicate with whales after researchers spoke to a humpback in Alaska. A 38-year-old whale ...

Scientists were left shocked last week when they found a carcass of a humpback whale, which looks as if it only recently died, in the rain forest in South America. The 36-foot beast, which appears as ...

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If you’ve ever listened to a recording of whale song, you know that it can be haunting, beautiful, and moving. The songs of humpbacks and the clicks, called codas, of sperm whales are sophisticated ...

They live in multicultural, matriarchal societies. Their 18-pound brains have neocortexes and spindle cells for higher-order thinking, emotions, memory, language, and love. They could be the most ...