Project CETI is a nonprofit organization applying machine learning and robotics to listen to and translate the communication of whales in Dominica. #ProjectCETI
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Jun 10
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: listen.projectceti.org/#lear…
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Jun 8
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/#deep… 🐳🎙️💙
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Jun 2
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 @DiamantRoee
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May 12
The Listen to the Whales campaign created with @InsideNatGeo Impact Story Lab won the People’s Voice @TheWebbyAwards for Video & Film, in Science & Education! We are honored and look forward to continuing to Listen to the Whales together💙🐳projectceti.org/listen
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May 5
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 /Carl Buell
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Apr 30
“[The glider] is another way of having a delicate, not passive object recording, and listening, and peering into their world.” - CETI CEO and Founder @davidfgruber
Learn more in @therobotreport: bit.ly/49cebv9
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Apr 29
“We 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 @DiamantRoee
Read in @PopSci:
bit.ly/4u9KZgo
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Apr 28
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 studying whales in their natural environment.
The paper in @SciReports: bit.ly/3P4rwPs
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Apr 28
By: @DiamantRoee, Yeshayahu Pewzner, Guy Gubnitsky, @davidfgruber, Dan Tchernov, Laurent Beguery and Jeremy Sitbon.
Animation: Adrien Gentils
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⭐️ @projectceti: 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: doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.29…
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Apr 23
Happy #WorldBookDay! We are 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
📷: Arun Madisetti
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Apr 16
We’re one step closer to understanding the sperm whale ‘alphabet’.
Read in @NatGeo by @rakemeny: bit.ly/48D0uoR
Research by CETI scientists: @begusgasper, Maksymilian Dąbkowski, Ronald Sprouse, @davidfgruber, @sgero
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Apr 15
Thank you @guardian and @olliemilman for this piece featuring our latest paper, “The phonology of sperm whale coda vowels.”
By: @begusgasper, Maksymilian Dąbkowski, Ronald Sprouse, @davidfgruber, @sgero
bit.ly/4dKeGjn
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Apr 15
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: @begusgasper, Maksymilian Dąbkowski, Ronald Sprouse, @davidfgruber, @sgero
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Apr 9
Exciting News! The Listen to the Whales campaign, created with @InsideNatGeo Impact Story Lab, is nominated for @TheWebbyAwards for best video & film, in the Science & Education category. Vote now through April 16th: bit.ly/48zzV3P
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Apr 8
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: @acottonphoto
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Apr 3
We made it to the finals!⭐️ Vote for Project CETI and @InsideNatGeo’s Listen to the Whales at the @shortyawards! Voting ends April 8th so cast your vote now!🐳: shortyawards.com/18th/listen…
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Apr 2
Did you catch the baby sperm whale on the @colbertlateshow? Watch this segment and more here: youtube.com/@ColbertLateShow
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