Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Humpback whales' language may be as foreign to us as an alien race from another planet. So learning to converse with whales could ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero / The Daily Beast / Getty They live in multicultural, matriarchal societies. Their 18-pound ...

A documentary-style exploration of an enormous alien creature, following its evolution, migration and place within a strange ...

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 ...

Humpback whales blow bubble rings at humans during friendly encounters, and scientists reckon this behaviour could teach us how to spot alien communication. Here’s why researchers think whale ...

By studying Earth's toughest microbes and complex animal "speech", scientists are reshaping how we search for – and may someday talk to – alien life.