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Scientists are learning the basic building blocks of sperm whale language after years of effort
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 days agoLike many whales and dolphins, sperm whales are highly social mammals and communicate by squeezing...
What are sperm whales saying? Researchers find a complex 'alphabet'
WLRN Miami· 5 days agoSperm whales have a lot to say. Sperm whales don't sing in the melodious way humpback whales are...
Japan plans to expand whale hunting to largest species yet
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“Whales are an important food resource and we believe they should be sustainably utilised just like...
Sperm Whale “Phonetic Alphabet” Surprisingly Similar In Structure To Human Language
IFLScience· 5 days agoCetaceans have long been famous for their communication abilities. Sperm whales (Physeter...
Sperm whales may have their own 'alphabet'
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“Sperm whale calls are, in principle, capable of expressing a wider space of meanings than we previously thought!” MIT computer science graduate student...
Japan Fisheries Agency proposes allowing commercial catching of fin whales
CW39 NewsFix· 3 days agoTOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Fisheries Agency has proposed a plan to allow catching fin whales in addition...
Sperm whales communicate through a 'complex phonetic alphabet,' study finds
ABC News· 4 days agoThe ways sperm whales communicate with each other may be more "complex" than scientists previously...
Scientists discover sperm whale ‘phonetic alphabet’
Al Jazeera· 4 days agoResearch showed the “expressivity” of sperm whale calls was bigger than previously thought, said Pratyusha Sharma, a lead author of the study, which was...
MSC cruise ship sails into NYC harbor with dead endangered whale across its bow
WTHR Indianapolis· 3 days agoSei whales are one of the largest whale species and are internationally protected. “We immediately...
Scientists document remarkable sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet'
Reuters via AOL· 5 days agoThe various species of whales inhabiting Earth's oceans employ different types of vocalizations to...