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Notes from a world beneath the surface Dolphin
Singularity
Communication  ·  Cognition  ·  Conservation

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8 resources to explore.

Understand the vocabulary

Look up the vocabulary used throughout the publication, from signature whistles and echolocation to cognition and culture. Use the glossary to get oriented before reading a paper, and return to the source for the precise meaning of a term in a particular study.

Find papers and source links

Browse the research archive for papers about cetacean communication, social behavior, and AI bioacoustics. Each entry includes a description and a link to its source. Check the original methods and findings before treating an editorial summary as evidence for a broader claim.

Listen to dolphin sounds

Use the sound guide to explore whistles, clicks, and burst pulses, with links to recordings published by researchers. The surrounding context matters: a sound heard on its own is not a translation, and an acoustic category does not establish what a dolphin intended.

Explore the sound visualizer

Play synthesized examples and compare waveform, frequency, and spectrogram views. These demonstrations help explain the displays without presenting generated audio as a field recording. Use the stop control or switch examples to explore how different signals appear in the same tool.

What DolphinGemma predicts

Read an introduction to DolphinGemma and the difference between predicting sound patterns and establishing meaning. The article links to Google’s primary announcement and explains why model output needs careful interpretation. Start here if a headline has left you wondering whether dolphin language has been translated.

Build a reading list

Explore books across cetacean communication, animal cognition, interspecies encounters, and philosophy of mind. Follow a category to find descriptions and book links. The list can help frame a question or offer background before you move into the more specialized research literature.

Support conservation

Find links to independent conservation organizations and distinguish direct support for their work from a subscription to this publication. Follow each organization’s own information about its programs, priorities, and donation terms. This site does not process payments for those organizations.

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