Communication
The Signature Whistle Paradox
Individual identity, learned signals, and the questions hiding inside a familiar sound.
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There’s a whole world
we haven’t learned to hear.
A notebook on dolphin communication, animal minds, and what happens when artificial intelligence meets the ocean. Follow the research, explore the sounds, and stay curious.
Featured investigation AI & animal communication
From the research archive
DolphinGemma: Sound Patterns
Are Not Translation
What does predicting a dolphin sound tell us about its meaning? A closer look at the difference between modeling acoustic patterns and establishing communication.
A fascinating tool. An enormous open question. Here’s where the science stands, and where the speculation begins.
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Ethics & animal minds
Before We Ask Dolphins to Talk
What would it mean to approach another intelligence on its own terms? On choice, observation, and the ethics of communication.
Continue reading »Conservation
Understanding Is Only the Beginning
Exploring the connection between how we understand dolphins and how we protect the world they live in.
Continue reading »The listening room Explore & learn
Dolphin sound library
Whistles, clicks, and burst pulses. A guide to listening, with links to field recordings.
Acoustic visualizer
See sound take shape with synthesized teaching examples.
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