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Franca Eichenberger @francae.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Using long-term behavioural, paternity, and ageing data of male humpback whales breeding in New Caledonia, we assessed changes in the population age structure, behaviour, and patterns of reproduction over almost two decades. 2/7

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Franca Eichenberger @francae.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

New paper on age-related reproductive tactics & success in humpback whales, published in Current Biology.🐳🧬 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... #marmam @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social @emma-carroll.bsky.social @clairenea.bsky.social @lrendell.bsky.social 1/7

Humpback whale breaching in front of the New Caledonian coastline.

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Inbal Arnon @inbalarnon.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

SO very excited about new paper with @simonkirby.bsky.social and @ellengarland.bsky.social: We used infant-inspired tools to analyze eight years of humpback whale song, finding recurring parts with a Zipfian frequency distribution. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Whale song shows language-like statistical structure

Humpback whale song is a culturally transmitted behavior. Human language, which is also culturally transmitted, has statistically coherent parts whose frequency distribution follows a power law. These...

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Dr Jenny Allen @jennyallen13.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Research in @science.org showing structures in whale song thought to be uniquely human! Why? We think cultural learning! Led by @inbalarnon.bsky.social with @simonkirby.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social @clairenea.bsky.social @emma-carroll.bsky.social and me! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Libération @liberation.fr · 06/02/2025

🐋 Chant des baleines à bosse : cétacés, humains, même refrain ? Après avoir analysé huit ans d’enregistrements, les scientifiques ont détecté des «sous-séquences statistiquement cohérentes», c’est-à-dire une sorte de syntaxe qui facilite l’apprentissage du langage, comme pour le nourrisson humain.

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Chant des baleines à bosse : cétacés, humains, même refrain ?

Dans une étude publiée jeudi 6 février dans la revue «Science Advances», des scientifiques affirment que le chant des baleines, complexe et structuré, obéit à des règles que l’on retrouve dans le langage humain.

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Ellen Garland @ellengarland.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

We uncovered the same statistical structure that is a hallmark of human language in whale song, published today in Science. @inbalarnon.bsky.social @simonkirby.bsky.social @jennyallen13.bsky.social @clairenea.bsky.social @emma-carroll.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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clairenea.bsky.social @clairenea.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Schémas de paternité chez les baleines à bosse: compétition sexuelle et flux génique royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.241424 @francae.bsky.social @emma-carroll.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social @lrendell.bsky.social @entropie-marinelab.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social 1/7

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