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Project CETI, an interdisciplinary initiative consisting of over 50 scientists, is working to uncover — and eventually decode — patterns in whale “speech.” ...

Now, scientists from Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative) and Harvard University are proposing a new method for ...

pygmy sperm whales and goose-beaked whales, send out clicks and buzzes from a vocal cord-like structure near their blowholes. These sounds are transmitted to the surrounding water by the bulbous ...

Few people sight the cryptic creatures swimming in Monterey Bay, but sonorous sperm whales abound if you listen. The chatter of undersea creatures fills the soundscape, and the clicks of sperm ...

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Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative) aims to collect millions to billions of high-quality, highly contextualized ...

According to scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), sperm whales frequent the deep waters around Monterey Bay much more than previously thought. The researchers ...

Suddenly, it dawned on him: They were the echolocation of not just one, but several endangered sperm whales hunting for prey in the area, and eventually honing in on an unlucky squid or shark. “ ...

Tracking sperm whales is not easy because of their life patterns. Project CETI, which aims to decode their communication, relies on reinforcement learning. The novel framework described in the ...

To find food in the dark, deep-diving whales, like sperm whales, pygmy sperm whales ... transmitted to the surrounding water by the bulbous oil-filled "melon" structure above their mouths.