Learn more about how whales communicate and how researchers are working to find out if humans and whales could one day communicate with each other.

For decades, a single whale’s strange 52-hertz call has baffled scientists, raising haunting questions about its identity, ...

A group of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) swims together in the Indian Ocean. For years, researchers with Project CETI have worked to decode the communication of the species. Tony Wu, Nature ...

Scientists are closer than ever to deciphering sperm whale communication. Their breakthroughs could open the door to expanded whale rights and even legal personhood. A pod of sperm whales swims off ...

New research reveals a previously unknown dimension of sperm whale vocalizations, shedding light on their complex communication system. This new study reveals that two discrete coda-level patterns ...

Sperm Whales are truly giants of the aquatic world. Their immense size is nothing less than jaw-dropping. So, seeing an entire Sperm Whale family cuddled together to "have a conversation," making ...

Two new studies have found eerily human-like sophistication in whale songs, challenging notions about our exceptionality and potentially shedding light on the evolution of language. Some whales can ...

Observing a humpback whale breach is among the most breathtaking experiences in marine wildlife. According to research and observations shared by NOAA Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS) ...

A recent groundbreaking discovery has revealed that sperm whales, known for their complex communication, can produce vowel-like sounds, challenging previously held beliefs about animal vocalizations.

June 5, 2025, Mountain View, CA -- A team of scientists from the SETI Institute and the University of California at Davis documented, for the first time, humpback whales producing large bubble rings, ...

Harvard engineers, as part of Project CETI, have built an open-source bio-logger that adheres to sperm whales and records high-fidelity, multi-channel audio plus rich behavioral and environmental data ...