Dolphins are one of the most social mammals. They are highly intelligent as well, utilizing their communication skills to both cooperatively hunt and learn what is socially acceptable within a pod.

Young dolphins, within the first few months of life, display their creativity by creating a unique sound. These bleats, chirps and squeaks amount to a novel possession in the animal kingdom — a label ...

AI is a continual topic in the news lately, for a multitude of reasons. One newsworthy use of AI involves interpreting animal sounds into “language” humans can understand. Google DeepMind & Georgia ...

By Laela Sayigh, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Human fascination with bottlenose dolphins goes back thousands of years ...

What are dolphins actually saying with their iconic, high-pitched whistles? Dolphin communication researcher Laela Sayigh is trying to find out. She’s been compiling a database of whistles from a pod ...

Human fascination with bottlenose dolphins goes back thousands of years, at least as early as Greek mythology. But it wasn’t until the 1960s that methodical research into dolphin communication began.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) But it wasn’t until the 1960s that methodical research into dolphin communication ...