Matriarchal groups in east and west exhibit distinct click patterns, used to form social structures ...

Thousands of recordings of sperm whale communications in the Mediterranean Sea reveal that the population might be splitting into two groups with their own dialects.

Much like human languages, the vocalizations of sperm whales evolve over time, as disparate populations of whales develop distinct dialects. A new study shows how an isolated population of sperm ...

Scientists found eastern and western Mediterranean sperm whales communicate with different vocal dialects | Anadolu ...

Scientists using artificial intelligence (AI) have uncovered a complex communication system among sperm whales, identifying a kind of phonetic alphabet. The discovery comes as experts also found sperm ...

The team was originally slated to perform surveys over the course of six days, but instead were called to shore after one day due to Iranian missile strikes.

Scientists have found that sperm whales in the eastern Mediterranean have developed a faster, distinct vocal dialect compared to whales in the western Mediterranean, highlighting how animal ...

Scientists catch sperm whale dialects evolving in the Mediterranean Sea.(Asociación Tursiops) (CN) — Scientists have caught sperm whale dialects changing over time. Researchers studying the endangered ...

A team of researchers, led by Dr. Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo, recently provided a comprehensive, multidisciplinary study of a sperm-whale tooth found in the Copper Age mega-site of ...

A young pregnant sperm whale was found dead with 22 kg of plastic in its stomach along the coast of Porto Cervo, the famous tourist destination in Sardinia (Italy). Its 2mt long fetus was also found ...

The Mediterranean Sea is home to some of the ocean’s largest animals. Among the nine species of cetaceans commonly found along its western shores are the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus, the world’s ...

Scientists using AI have uncovered a potential phonetic alphabet in sperm whale clicks and identified distinct regional dialects among Mediterranean sperm whale populations.