Researchers analyzed the codas of approximately 60 sperm whales. The ways sperm whales communicate with each other may be more "complex" than scientists previously believed, with new research drawing ...

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This is what it sounds like when sperm whales communicate. Those bursts of clicking noises are called codas. It's sounds a bit like Morse code. New research has found their system of communication is ...

Sperm whales swimming off the coast of Dominica. The marine mammals have a complex communication system that scientists are working to decode. Amanda Cotton Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Sperm whales rattle off pulses of clicks while swimming together, raising the possibility that they’re communicating in a complex language. Credit...Amanda Cotton Supported by By Carl Zimmer Ever ...

Whales use complex communication systems we still don’t understand, a trope exploited in sci-fi shows like Apple TV’s Extrapolations. That show featured a humpback whale (voiced by Meryl Streep) ...

Sperm whales have a lot to say. The animals spend much of their lives in darkness, searching the ocean's depths for giant squid. So sound rules their world, especially in their tight-knit family ...

Whale watchers in Madeira captured the astonishing moment orcas took down the deep-diving marine mammal. The predatory ...

A limited necropsy of a 52-ton sperm whale that washed up on Nantucket was conducted Nov. 21. What was found, and where were ...

A 13-day survey conducted in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) found a large variety of marine life living in the region, including sperm whales, Risso’s dolphins, and common dolphins. The University ...

Where it lives: Tropical and temperate waters around the world. What it eats: Deep-sea squid, octopuses, crustaceans and fish. Dwarf sperm whales have an unusual way to protect themselves if they come ...