From humpbacks learning the latest songs to sperm whales’ ‘clan codas’, drones and AI learning are helping reveal another dimension to the concept of culture ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An adult sperm whale swimming in the Caribbean Sea near Dominica. For the past six years, Project CETI (Cetacean Translation ...

Sperm whales probably aren't at the top of the list of animals that most people would liken to humans. Nonetheless, a new study of the massive species indicates that they may be using vowel sounds in ...

Ever since the earliest known recording of whale song was made in 1949, researchers have been captivated by the wails, rumbles, clicks, grunts and squeals of their communication. As technology ...

A haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate, according to researchers who say it's the oldest such recording ...

Deep in the world's oceans, large male sperm whales emit slow, low-frequency clicks with the highest source levels of any animal communication sounds. These slow clicks are not the echolocation clicks ...

Scientists have discovered that sperm whales can communicate with each other by clicking in short bursts. These sounds can travel up to a distance of kilometres. Scientists say they are now able to ...

The blue whale is not merely the biggest animal alive today. At roughly 33 metres in length, it is the largest creature to have ever existed on Earth, dwarfing even the biggest dinosaurs that once ...

LONDON (AP) — Whales sing loud enough that their songs travel through the ocean, but knowing the mechanics behind that has been a mystery. Scientists now think they have an idea, and it’s something ...

Deep beneath the ocean surface, sperm whales swim through the dark waters, clicking to each other in bursts of sound that can travel for kilometres (miles). Now, scientists say they are beginning to ...