Project CETI
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Project CETI is a nonprofit organization applying machine learning and robotics to listen to and translate the communication of whales in Dominica. #ProjectCETI https://linktr.ee/ProjectCETI
When ships are nearby, sperm whales change their calls. Read in National Geographic: www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
When ships are nearby, sperm whales change their calls
In the presence of noise from ships, sperm whales change how they communicate, scientists find.
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New finding: CETI scientists reveal underwater shipping noise is affecting the structure of sperm whale communication. Read the paper here: bit.ly/4fskWv8 By: Roee Diamant, David Gruber, Shane Gero, @begus.bsky.social Illustration: Alex Boersma @carleton.ca, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
Read the newly published op-ed “Listen to whales to improve connection, care & ocean health” by Sylvia Earle and CETI CEO and Founder David Gruber on @mongabay.com here: bit.ly/4vRRy8O Photo: Noah Throop/ Untamed Planet Films
Mission Blue’s Hope Spots are over 169 critical places in the ocean—vital to biodiversity, resilience, and life on Earth which are championed by local leaders and grounded in science.🌊 This World Ocean Month, discover the Hope Spots: listen.projectceti.org#learnWithUs
Did you know every sperm whale’s fluke/tail is unique?🐳 This World Ocean Month, you can discover 20 of the most often encountered sperm whale families off the coast of Dominica in the latest CETI x The Dominica Sperm Whale Project Fluke Book at listen.projectceti.org#learnWithUs
This World Ocean Day, we invite you to contribute to 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲—capturing a different kind of history: not what humanity knew about whales, but what it longed to understand. Join us and record your audio message at listen.projectceti.org#deepArchive 🐳🎙️💙
CETI Scientists have developed a two-hydrophone system that can pinpoint sperm whales’ location from their click sequences while they dive deep. Learn about the system here: bit.ly/42Om2eQ By: Guy Gubnitsky and Roee Diamant
The Listen to the Whales campaign, created with the National Geographic Society’s Impact Story Lab, won the People’s Voice Webby Award for Video & Film, in the category Science & Education! We are honored and look forward to continuing to Listen to the Whales together💙🐳 projectceti.org/listen
Did you know that the first known whale, Pakicetus, walked on land? Learn more and trace the echoes through time, charting humanity’s understanding of whales, starting 50 million years ago with Pakicetus at projectceti.org/listen Photo: @amnh.org/Carl Buell
“[The glider] is another way of having a delicate, not passive object recording, and listening, and peering into their world.” - CETI CEO and Founder David Gruber Learn more in The Robot Report: bit.ly/49cebv9
Project CETI deploys autonomous underwater gliders to better observe sperm whales - The Robot Report
Project CETI has deployed a new underwater glider that can monitor whales for longer than the organization's previous methods.
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“We significantly extend ‘backseat driver’ capabilities...this allows fully autonomous control by the glider for tracking whales—a first for underwater gliders, like the Waymo of the underwater world.” -CETI Underwater Acoustics Lead Roee Diamant Read in @popsci.com: bit.ly/4u9KZgo
The ‘Waymo of the sea’ tracks sperm whale conversations
The first AI-enabled underwater glider could track the whales for months at a time without bothering them
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⭐️ @projectceti.bsky.social: New Paper! “The phonology of sperm whale coda vowels” shows whales produce vowel-like sounds organized in patterns, akin to human phonology. Learn more here: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2994
Major technological breakthrough: CETI’s autonomous underwater glider system is able to quietly follow sperm whales by listening to their voices, opening a new dimension for monitoring whales in their natural environment. Read in @natureportfolio.nature.com’s Scientific Reports here: bit.ly/3P4rwPs
Happy #WorldBookDay! We are inspired by and 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 Photo: Arun Madisetti
We’re one step closer to understanding the sperm whale ‘alphabet’. Read in National Geographic by Richard Kemeny: bit.ly/48D0uoR Research by CETI Scientists: @begus.bsky.social, Maksymilian Dąbkowski, Ronald Sprouse, David Gruber, Shane Gero
We’re one step closer to understanding the sperm whale ‘alphabet’
Scientists are learning that sperm whales communicate in ways that may mirror human language.
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Thank you @theguardian.com and @olliemilman.bsky.social for this piece featuring our latest paper, “The phonology of sperm whale coda vowels.” By: @begus.bsky.social, Maksymilian Dąbkowski, Ronald Sprouse, David Gruber, Shane Gero bit.ly/4dKeGjn
Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds
Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own
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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: @begus.bsky.social, Maksymilian Dąbkowski, Ronald Sprouse, David Gruber, Shane Gero
Exciting News! The Listen to the Whales campaign, created with the National Geographic Society’s Impact Story Lab, is nominated at The Webby Awards 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: Amanda Cotton
We made it to the finals! ⭐️ Vote for Project CETI and the National Geographic Society’s Listen to the Whales at the @shortyawards.bsky.social! Voting ends April 8th so cast your vote now🐳: shortyawards.com/18th/listen-...
Did you catch the baby sperm whale on the @colbertlateshow.bsky.social? Watch this segment and more: www.youtube.com/@ColbertLate...
Read more about Unit A in National Geographic! 🟨🐳 www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Scientists recorded a sperm whale birth up close for the first time. They discovered something extraordinary.
The marine mammals act like midwives, supporting mothers and their calves through delivery.
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Thank you Dominica News Online!🇩🇲🐳💙 dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepag...
Dominica plays a pivotal role in scientific study documenting rare sperm whale birth - Dominica News Online
The Dominica and New York-based organization Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative) has released two groundbreaking scientific papers that together offer the most comprehensive documentation o...
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Explore moment-by-moment of the most in-depth documentation of any cetacean birth in the new CETI paper, “Description of a collaborative sperm whale birth and shifts in coda vocal styles during key events,” published in @natureportfolio.nature.com’s Scientific Reports: bit.ly/4bIVZKc
Female sperm whales support one another during the birthing journey—behavior that was long considered unique to humans and a few primates. Read now in @science.org: bit.ly/4bIKkeo
Our second year empowering the next generation to lead on climate, health and social justice in Dominica, in partnership with The Ashley Lashley Foundation’s Eco-Fit Youth Programme! Learn more: bit.ly/4abwp13 Photos: Marica Honychurch, One Off Productions Dominica
📣 New Lecture: WhAM — the Whale Acoustics Model with Orr Paradise Explore @projectceti.bsky.social transformer-based model that synthesizes & analyzes sperm whale codas! 🗓 Mar 28 | 4pm GMT/ 12 pm EST/ 9am PST | Online 🔗 Registration: https://www.interspecies.io/lectures/orr-paradise
