The latest discovery is that elements of their vocals function in a way that’s fascinatingly similar to human vowels, making ...

New research reveals sperm whale communication is more complex than thought. Instead of simple clicks, whales use vowel-like ...

According to the team, changing the human-based perception of timing was crucial to these findings. In humans, vowels are ...

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 ...

In a paper just published in Open Mind, a journal, a group of researchers with the Cetacean Translation Initiative ( CETI ), ...

New research reveals that sperm whales produce vowel-like sounds, challenging previous assumptions and offering new insights ...

Dead sperm whale – weight of a fully loaded tractor-trailer – has washed ashore in Nantucket and officials aren’t sure how to ...

Y ou might’ve heard we’re trying to talk to whales. It sounds crazy, but it’s not so far-fetched, as in recent years we’ve ...

The Cetacean Translation Initiative is using artificial intelligence to help understand sperm whale communications. Lawyers ...

Scientists have spent the last five years observing sperm whale communication and behaviors using tags, buoys and drones. They’ve finally begun to learn how whales use calls for communication.