Tucked away at the southwestern tip of the Kenai Peninsula sits Homer, Alaska’s best-kept secret hiding in plain sight. Even many lifelong Alaskans haven’t fully explored this coastal paradise where ...
While on a photography assignment in Norway, the crew made a crucial decision while sailing on an ice pack. The result was an ...
When University of Southern Denmark whale researcher Olga Filatova set off on her first field trip in 2000, she spent five ...
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to understand sperm whale vocalizations. Lawyers think the discoveries may ...
Dolphins produce a range of vocalizations used for echolocation and communication. These vocalizations vary with social ...
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This gave rise to Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative), a 50-plus-person team of marine biologists, A.I. experts, ...
Fred Sharpe has studied humpback whales in Alaska for more than three decades. He’s particularly interested in the sounds they make – and what they mean. Lately, the biologist has been focusing on the ...
Sperm whales swimming off the coast of Dominica. The marine mammals have a complex communication system that scientists are working to decode. Amanda Cotton Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...
After poring over recordings from sperm whales in the Caribbean, UC Berkeley linguist Gasper Begus had an unlikely breakthrough. According to a new study from Begus and his colleagues with Project ...
The mammals' mysterious clicks contain a stunning level of complexity, a new study shows. A group of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) swims together in the Indian Ocean. For years, researchers ...
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 ...