Project CETI

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A sperm whale birth has been observed in unprecedented detail. Researchers report in @SciReports the most in‑depth observations yet of a wild cetacean birth, recorded off the coast of Dominica in 2023.

Happy #WorldBookDay! We are honored to be featured in Robert Macfarlane’s book, “Is a River Alive?” The book invites readers to reimagine our relationship with the more-than-human world. See more books that guide CETI’s work: bit.ly/4cC4hEa  📷: Arun Madisetti

@YahooNews @begusgasper Thank you for featuring our research!🐳

We may appear to have little in common with sperm whales – enormous, ocean-dwelling animals that last shared a common ancestor with humans more than 90 million years ago. But the whales’ vocalized communications are remarkably similar to our own, researchers have discovered. Not only do sperm whale have a form of “alphabet” and form vowels within their vocalizations but the structure of these vowels behaves in the same way as human speech, the new study has found. yahoo.com/news/articles/…

@Telegraph @begusgasper Thank you for featuring our latest discovery into sperm whale communication!🐳

The sounds made by sperm whales are “one of the closest parallels” in the animal kingdom to the language of humans, a study has found We break down further what this means here ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/1…

@Gizmodo @begusgasper Thank you for featuring our latest discovery into sperm whale communication!🐳

Sperm Whales Speak With a Complex Alphabet and Even Have ‘Vowels,’ Study Finds gizmodo.com/sperm-whales-s…

@Kekius_Sage Thank you for sharing our research!🐳

Shocking: Scientists discover sperm whales are “talking” like humans New research suggests their click-based communication has a structure strikingly similar to human language, and scientists are now trying to decode and translate it.

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"Sperm whale coda vocalizations are thus highly complex and represent one of the closest parallels to human phonology of any analyzed animal communication system." 🐋💬 @ProjectCETI sciencealert.com/scientists-fou…

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Sperm whales, which make clicking sounds to communicate, use different “vowels” in ways similar to human speech spklr.io/6017EJULP

We’re one step closer to understanding the sperm whale ‘alphabet’. Read in @NatGeo by @rakemeny: bit.ly/48D0uoR Research by CETI scientists: @begusgasper, Maksymilian Dąbkowski, Ronald Sprouse, @davidfgruber, @sgero

Thank you @guardian and @olliemilman for this piece featuring our latest paper, “The phonology of sperm whale coda vowels.” By: @begusgasper, Maksymilian Dąbkowski, Ronald Sprouse, @davidfgruber, @sgero bit.ly/4dKeGjn

Animation: @MeghanFenske

CETI scientists led by CETI Linguistics Lead Gašper Beguš have revealed that not only do sperm whale vocalizations sound like human vowels, they also behave like them! Read: bit.ly/4dPrIfr   By: @begusgasper, Maksymilian Dąbkowski, Ronald Sprouse, @davidfgruber, @sgero

Exciting News! The Listen to the Whales campaign, created with @InsideNatGeo Impact Story Lab, is nominated for @TheWebbyAwards for best video & film, in the Science & Education category. Vote now through April 16th: bit.ly/48zzV3P

Get to know Snow, a young female member of Unit A, and more of the sperm whales we have the privilege of researching in Dominica at projectceti.org/listen, and subscribe to the Listen to the Whales newsletter for special updates on the whales! Photo: @acottonphoto

We made it to the finals!⭐️ Vote for Project CETI and @InsideNatGeo’s Listen to the Whales at the @shortyawards! Voting ends April 8th so cast your vote now!🐳: shortyawards.com/18th/listen-to…

@SmithsonianMag Thank you for featuring our research!🐳

The footage shows the other sperm whales in the group—most of them female, many unrelated to the mother—teaming up to help deliver the calf and support it during its first few hours. bit.ly/4bXWRL9

@ECOWARRIORSS Thank you for sharing our research!🐳

‘Really special’: Watch as mother, sister and daughter whales unite in supporting newborn calf euronews.com/2026/03/27/rea…

Did you catch the baby sperm whale on the @colbertlateshow? Watch this segment and more here: @ColbertLateShow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@ColbertLateSh…

Read more about Unit A in @NatGeo! 🟨🐳 nationalgeographic.com/animals/articl…

@N_CastelblancoM Thank you for sharing our research!🐳

En 2023, los colegas de @projectCETI documentaron por primera vez mediante drones, cámaras desde embarcación y subacuáticas, e hidrófonos, el nacimiento de un #cachalote. Después de 2 años de análisis, publican descubrimientos fantásticos de este evento. #Partería ¡Merece hilo!