The latest study is a big step forward in decoding whale linguistics - and machine learning is making it possible.
A team of scientists from the SETI Institute, University of California Davis and the Alaska Whale Foundation conducted a landmark experiment in which the team had a 20-minute conversation with a humpback whale named Twain in her own language.
New research suggests that the ability to intuit emotional states from vocalization is hardwired in humans and land animals.
Scientists say they have documented two dolphins using what appear to be discrete words and sentences.
