Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative) aims at deciphering the communication of one of the world’s most enigmatic ocean species: the sperm whale.
With Project CETI, we study how sperm whales use vocalizations to communicate and how these sounds relate to their social and biological lives. Vocal style can carry information about identity, relationships, or context, offering a window into the complexity of whale communication.
Website: https://www.projectceti.org/
Github: https://github.com/Project-CETI
References
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Cooperation by non-kin during birth underpins sperm whale social complexity, Science, 2026 — A. Maalouf*, J. DelPreto*, M. Lucas*, S. Poetto*, J. Andreas, A. Torralba, S. Gero, G. Petri, D. Rus, and D. F. Gruber
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Description of a Collaborative Sperm Whale Birth and Shifts in Coda Vocal Styles during Key Events, Scientific Reports, 2026 — Y. Aluma, Z. Baron, R. Barrett, C. Baumgartner, G. Beguš, S. Bhattacharya, M. M. Bronstein, S. Dahan, O. Davis, S. Haas, and 37 more authors
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Evidence of social learning across symbolic cultural barriers in sperm whales, eLife, 2024 — A. Leitão, M. Lucas, S. Poetto, T. A. Hersh, S. Gero, D. Gruber, M. Bronstein, and G. Petri