Emily Anthes is a science reporter, writing primarily about animal health and science. She also covered the coronavirus pandemic. More about Emily Anthes Whale Songs: Humpback whales’ complex ...

Perhaps these might be younger animals that couldn't feed enough in the summer, but that means they might be a little vulnerable.' She advised anyone who spots humpback whales to be 'respectful ...

This statistical rule is called Zipf’s law, and now, an interdisciplinary team of scientists has revealed that humpback whale songs follow the same pattern. In a study published Thursday in the ...

Over the last few weeks, multiple sightings of the magnificent humpback whale have been reported by people living along the coast. These 15-metre long animals have been spotted in growing numbers ...

A new study reveals that whale song and human languages share features that make them easier to learn. Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are known for their complex songs. New research ...

or they may be animals not making the full migration south to breed,' says Dr Sparling. Humpback Whales have been spotted around the English coast this week! One was spotted breaching along the ...

Rescuers have freed a humpback whale that was caught up in a rope at a fish farm off the Isle of Skye. The mammal was spotted by a member of the public being in difficulty at the Invertote salmon ...

they monitored the newly freed animal. “Finally it began to swim and drive, showing all the great behavior we hope to see in a humpback,” the staff member said in the video. Humpback whales ...

Sightings of humpback ... with the animal reclassified from ‘vulnerable’ to ‘least concern’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species database. The sighting of the whales in North ...

Volunteer rescuers have freed a humpback whale entangled in ropes at a Skye salmon farm. The animal was spotted in difficulty at Organic Sea Harvest's Invertote site near Staffin in the north of ...