Sperm whales use sound to identify themselves socially in a similar manner to how humans use clothing, a new study revealed. Sperm whales in the Pacific Ocean use sound as a form of “symbolic marking” ...

A montage shows pictures of Kim Kardashian and an orca. Scientists have found that toothed whales can produce a vocal fry, just like Kardashian.Ronald Martinez/Getty Images; iStock / Getty Images Plus ...

New research reveals vowel-like patterns inside sperm whale click messages, or codas, suggesting surprisingly rich ...

The latest discovery is that elements of their vocals function in a way that’s fascinatingly similar to human vowels, making their communication more elaborate and nuanced than previously realized.

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are using machine learning to research sperm whale communication habits -- and they're learning unprecedented things. Their new study, ...

Sperm whales are able to change the frequency characteristics of clicks — to raise, lower or combine both options. This is reminiscent of the tonal differences in human languages. For example, "and" ...

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - Dolphins, porpoises, killer whales, sperm whales and other toothed whales produce an array of sounds - to find prey employing a sonar-like system called echolocation ...

Whale families communicate a lot underwater. So now, researchers are using artificial intelligence to try to figure out what they're saying. Artificial intelligence is making big gains in ...

Thousands of feet below the surface of the ocean, off the coast of Central California, a mysterious clicking sound punctuated the silence of the deep sea. The peculiar noise was picked up by a ...

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