A new report from scientists at Project CETI demonstrates that the noises that sperm whales make to communicate with each other contain what humans would describe as vowels.

"It's another humbling moment that we're not the only species with rich, communicative, communal, and cultural lives." ...

The sounds made by sperm whales are “one of the closest parallels” in the animal kingdom to the language of humans, a study ...

Project CETI, you may recall, is the same group that recently released footage showing adult sperm whales collaborating as ...

Sperm whales have always fascinated researchers for their diving prowess and the complicated nature of their vocalisations.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) swims together in the Indian Ocean. For years, researchers with Project CETI have ...

Sperm whales, which make clicking sounds to communicate, use different “vowels” in ways similar to human speech ...

What can we learn from the whales? It’s something that researchers at the CETI project (not to be confused with the SETI Institute) are working on in order to help drive awareness around language ...

Sperm whales communicate in a series of short clicks called codas. Analysis of these clicks shows that the whales can ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Researchers on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, recently discovered the oldest known recordings of whale sounds and believe the discovery could help understand how the animals ...