Animals may not have musical instruments, but the way that some species form complex patterns of vocal sequences is remarkable. A recent study has found that Antarctic leopard seal. mating call ...

A recent study has found that Antarctic leopard seal. mating call sequences seem to be similar in predictability to human nursery rhymes. In some cases, the vocal sequences an animal makes has all ...

Nonetheless, predictability for leopard seal sequences was lower than for songs of humpback whales and whistle sequences of bottlenose dolphins.

The songs are structured much like nursery rhymes, making them easy to remember. "It kind of sounds like sound effects from an '80s sci-fi" movie, the lead author of the study said.

Writing songs about love and heartbreak for his first album since divorcing model wife Heidi Klum was a "cathartic experience" for Seal. "Obviously there's a kind of digestion period that happens ...

While the longest Beatles songs top out at under eight minutes, these "songbirds of the Southern Ocean" can drag theirs out to 13 hours ...