The most common word is used twice as often as the second most common word, three times as often as the third most common ...

Humpback anglerfish typically are found at depths of up to 1,500 meters below the water's surface, where there is little to ...

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

Two fisherman have rescued a humpback whale found entangled in creel fishing gear off the coast of Skye. The creel fishermen had been fishing further south when they received a report of the entangled ...

Scientists have captured an extremely rare fish on camera for the first time in broad daylight, Oceanographic Magazine ...

The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human languages, which may be ...

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication ...

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

Biologists found significant blunt-force trauma on the right side of the head of a 3-year-old whale and suspect it was hit by ...

California's Dungeness crab industry is under increasing regulation because of concerns over whales getting entangled in ...

Researchers discovered the deep sea creature in Spain’s Canary Islands, capturing footage of it in broad daylight for the first time in history.

Fishery regulators in the U.S. state of Washington are considering changing the rules for its commercial Dungeness crab ...