In a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, researchers analysed more than 8,700 snippets of sperm whale clicks, known as codas. They say they have found four basic ...

Amid the global fight between ChatGPT and DeepSeek, Pratyusha Sharma, a PhD student at the MIT Computer Science and ...

In a study published Tuesday in Nature Communications, researchers examined a group of sperm whales in the waters surrounding the Caribbean island of Dominica, analyzing their whale calls.

Cantor and Whitehead used an underwater microphone to listen to the sperm whales' clicking sounds, and located differing codas. “Our findings show that biased social learning is a required ...

Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...

Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and ...

Sperm whales are the largest toothed whales ... learning and the breakthroughs it has led to won’t be able to break all the language barriers between humans and other animals. He studies communication ...

Researchers are competing for multi-million dollar rewards in a race to be the first to develop AI that enables real-time ...

Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have evolved unique oral and aural adaptations. Understanding them better could ...

Scientists and artists from the University of Southampton came together for a night of talks and performances underneath giant sculptures of ...

California State Parks rangers found the adult pygmy sperm whale on the beach north of Grand Avenue last week. They reported the discovery on Friday at 8 a.m. to the Marine Mammal Center ...