That whale was towed for hours to a shipyard, placed on a flatbed truck, and brought to a landfill for a necropsy. Its ...
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 ...
In a paper just published in Open Mind, a journal, a group of researchers with the Cetacean Translation Initiative ( CETI ), ...
Some “clicks” made by sperm whales may actually be “clacks,” but marine biologists debate what, if anything, that means.
You might not think of a sea creature as helpful in the prevention of climate change, but sperm whales have been doing their ...
The robots can hover over marine mammals and gather all sorts of information in a way that’s less invasive to the animals ...
Scientists from Project CETI and the University of California at Berkeley have identified new structural elements in sperm ...
The world’s only complete specimen of a colossal squid – on display in New Zealand – has developed a cult-like following.
As their numbers grow, so do deadly human encounters. Researchers are fascinated by their songs, sexuality and collective ...
We’re on the verge of decoding animal communication. Here’s what we’ve learned so far – and how AI could help us decipher ...