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

The researchers suggest that, much like human infants, humpback whales might learn their songs by tracking transitional probabilities between elements and using the dips in these probabilities to ...

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Biologist Roger Payne, the man who propelled conservation efforts by introducing the world to the sounds of whales, has died. He was 88. In 1967, Payne introduced the world to the striking sounds ...

“Whale song is not a language; it lacks semantic meaning. It may be more reminiscent of human music, which also has this statistical structure, but lacks the expressive meaning found in language.” ...

How baleen whales, which include humpback whales, are able to sing underwater has eluded scientists since whale songs were first discovered more than 50 years ago.

Eerie and fascinating, whale songs are one of the most mysterious sounds reverberating through the ocean. Now, researchers say they know how the leviathans vocalize.

He saw the discovery of whale song as a chance to spur interest in saving the giant animals, who were disappearing from the planet. Payne would produce the album "Songs of the Humpback Whale" in 1970.