The sperm whale, the world’s largest toothed whale, has the largest brain on Earth. It also produces complex clicks which, according to a new study, resemble human speech. The study, published in the *Proceedings of the Royal Society*, is based on analyses of recordings made of sperm whales in the waters off the island of […]
Bowhead whales dive in synchronization despite distances of up to 100 kilometers between them, according to a study by Danish, Greenlandic and Japanese researchers. This shows that the whales use an advanced form of acoustic communication, according to Danish researcher Jonas Teilmann, professor at Aarhus University. “It involves hundreds of dives over a week that […]
