But there’s also a lot we don’t know about them, including what they may be trying to say to one another when they communicate using a system of short bursts of clicks, known as codas.

Sperm whale vocalizations are arranged in at least 150 known repeatable patterns, known as codas. Previously, scientists analyzed these codas in isolation. But by plotting the codas in relation to ...

Variations in tempo, rhythm and length of the whales’ click sequences, called codas, weave a rich acoustic tapestry. These variables hint that whales can combine click patterns in multiple ways ...

And in a parallel to human language, neighboring clans distinguish themselves with markedly different codas. Sperm whales spend much of their lives in the deep ocean, hunting alone in the pitch ...

The nonprofit organization Project CETI (a play on SETI, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, but also short for Cetacean Translation Initiative) seeks to decipher whale codas—snippets ...

Sperm whales communicate through rhythmic patterns of clicks called codas. The set of vocalised coda types combined with how frequently they are used makes up a vocal repertoire and define ...

The whales communicate with Morse code-like series of clicks called codas, and whales that use similar coda "dialects" belong to the same cultural group or vocal clan. Sperm whale researchers have ...

Selling more than 125,000 copies, the 1970 album “Songs of the Humpback Whale” is the bestselling nature recording of all time. Including tracks such as “Distant Whale” and “Three Whale ...

Sperm whales, the largest of the toothed whales, communicate using bursts of clicking noises - called codas - sounding a bit like Morse code. A new analysis of years of vocalizations by sperm ...