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Lately, Fred Sharpe has been focusing on whale noises that can be heard at the surface. He says they're understudied compared ...

The latest discovery is that elements of their vocals function in a way that’s fascinatingly similar to human vowels, making their communication more elaborate and nuanced than previously realized.

Some “clicks” made by sperm whales may actually be “clacks,” but marine biologists debate what, if anything, that means.

Denise Herzing, a dolphin communication expert, told Science News that she objects to the word “vowel” out of concern that ...

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are using machine learning to research sperm whale communication habits -- and they're learning unprecedented things. Their new study, ...

This gave rise to Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative), a 50-plus-person team of marine biologists, A.I. experts, ...

What can we learn from the whales? It’s something that researchers at the CETI project (not to be confused with the SETI Institute) are working on in order to help drive awareness around language ...

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - Dolphins, porpoises, killer whales, sperm whales and other toothed whales produce an array of sounds - to find prey employing a sonar-like system called echolocation ...

Scientists are testing the limits of artificial intelligence when it comes to language learning. One recent challenge? Learning ... whale!... Sperm whale families ...

An industrial vacuum machine, normally used to excavate buried utility cables, was used to help remove the soil from around ...