Project CETI
@projectceti.bsky.social
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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https://linktr.ee/ProjectCETI
Happy World Whale Day!
Did you know that sperm whales are the loudest beings on Earth and they possess the largest brain of any being? Celebrate by listening to and learning about the gentle giants of the deep at projectceti.org/listen!
Video: Kogia.org by Karim Iliya
Did you know that sperm whales are the loudest beings on Earth and they possess the largest brain of any being? Celebrate by listening to and learning about the gentle giants of the deep at projectceti.org/listen!
Video: Kogia.org by Karim Iliya
February 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Happy World Whale Day!
Did you know that sperm whales are the loudest beings on Earth and they possess the largest brain of any being? Celebrate by listening to and learning about the gentle giants of the deep at projectceti.org/listen!
Video: Kogia.org by Karim Iliya
Did you know that sperm whales are the loudest beings on Earth and they possess the largest brain of any being? Celebrate by listening to and learning about the gentle giants of the deep at projectceti.org/listen!
Video: Kogia.org by Karim Iliya
Meet Rap, a young female sperm whale from Unit R, and more of the sperm whales we have the privilege of researching in Dominica at projectceti.org/listen!
Photo: Amanda Cotton
Photo: Amanda Cotton
February 13, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Meet Rap, a young female sperm whale from Unit R, and more of the sperm whales we have the privilege of researching in Dominica at projectceti.org/listen!
Photo: Amanda Cotton
Photo: Amanda Cotton
A whale hug to bring some love to your feed this week!🐳💙
Video: Zahrek Gonzalez-Peltier
Video: Zahrek Gonzalez-Peltier
February 12, 2026 at 6:16 PM
A whale hug to bring some love to your feed this week!🐳💙
Video: Zahrek Gonzalez-Peltier
Video: Zahrek Gonzalez-Peltier
We have joined @nyulaw.bsky.social’s MOTH Program and Hinemoana Halo, an Aotearoa-based, Indigenous-led conservation organization, to support the implementation of the Whale Protection and Legal Personhood Declaration. Learn more here: www.whaledeclaration.com
He Whakaputanga Moana | Whale rights and legal personhood declaration
He Whakaputanga Moana is the first Indigenous-led Declaration recognizing whales as sentient beings with inherent rights. Grounded in Te Ao Māori and Polynesian values, it establishes legal protection...
www.whaledeclaration.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:50 PM
We have joined @nyulaw.bsky.social’s MOTH Program and Hinemoana Halo, an Aotearoa-based, Indigenous-led conservation organization, to support the implementation of the Whale Protection and Legal Personhood Declaration. Learn more here: www.whaledeclaration.com
“We looked at the state of the art, and there was nothing that really matched what we were looking for. So we made our own.”- CETI Robotics Team Member and first author Daniel Vogt on CETI’s open-source Digital Bioacoustics Sensor for @harvardseas.bsky.social Blog.
seas.harvard.edu/news/tapping...
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Tapping Into Whale Talk
Open-source bio-logger captures underwater cetacean conversations
seas.harvard.edu
February 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM
“We looked at the state of the art, and there was nothing that really matched what we were looking for. So we made our own.”- CETI Robotics Team Member and first author Daniel Vogt on CETI’s open-source Digital Bioacoustics Sensor for @harvardseas.bsky.social Blog.
seas.harvard.edu/news/tapping...
seas.harvard.edu/news/tapping...
ICYMI: Last week we launched Listen to the Whales with the National Geographic Society! Dive into the website to:
🐳Meet the whales
🔊Hear special audio
🌊Learn about CETI’s vision to reframe our connection to the natural world through listening
Projectceti.org/listen
🐳Meet the whales
🔊Hear special audio
🌊Learn about CETI’s vision to reframe our connection to the natural world through listening
Projectceti.org/listen
Project CETI •-- Listen to the whales
CETI is a nonprofit organization applying advanced machine learning and state-of-the-art robotics to listen to and translate the communication of sperm whales.
Projectceti.org
January 26, 2026 at 6:08 PM
ICYMI: Last week we launched Listen to the Whales with the National Geographic Society! Dive into the website to:
🐳Meet the whales
🔊Hear special audio
🌊Learn about CETI’s vision to reframe our connection to the natural world through listening
Projectceti.org/listen
🐳Meet the whales
🔊Hear special audio
🌊Learn about CETI’s vision to reframe our connection to the natural world through listening
Projectceti.org/listen
Come listen with us - watch the full Listen to the Whales video on the National Geographic Society’s YouTube channel here: bit.ly/3LtKmxN
January 16, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Come listen with us - watch the full Listen to the Whales video on the National Geographic Society’s YouTube channel here: bit.ly/3LtKmxN
Learn about the legacy behind the Listen to the Whales campaign in this archival National Geographic piece, written by the late Dr. Roger Payne in 1979, re-released this week in honor of the launch: bit.ly/4jI7Ewy
These unearthly whale songs helped save humpbacks from extinction
Once at risk of being wiped out, humpback whales charted a remarkable comeback thanks to their songs. In 1979, National Geographic issued a record-breaking album of those tunes alongside a story about...
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January 16, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Learn about the legacy behind the Listen to the Whales campaign in this archival National Geographic piece, written by the late Dr. Roger Payne in 1979, re-released this week in honor of the launch: bit.ly/4jI7Ewy
“The whole purpose of doing this is to bring the connection to nature closer.”
- CETI’s Founder and Lead David Gruber talks all things CETI with host Alex Honnold on the Planet Visionaries podcast, in partnership with the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative, listen here: bit.ly/49JcIwa
- CETI’s Founder and Lead David Gruber talks all things CETI with host Alex Honnold on the Planet Visionaries podcast, in partnership with the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative, listen here: bit.ly/49JcIwa
January 15, 2026 at 10:15 PM
“The whole purpose of doing this is to bring the connection to nature closer.”
- CETI’s Founder and Lead David Gruber talks all things CETI with host Alex Honnold on the Planet Visionaries podcast, in partnership with the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative, listen here: bit.ly/49JcIwa
- CETI’s Founder and Lead David Gruber talks all things CETI with host Alex Honnold on the Planet Visionaries podcast, in partnership with the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative, listen here: bit.ly/49JcIwa
Today, together with The National Geographic Society, we launch Listen to the Whales — a global invitation to explore the rich communal lives of sperm whales and discover why deciphering their world matters. Take the plunge and immerse yourself in the journey: Projectceti.org/listen
January 14, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Today, together with The National Geographic Society, we launch Listen to the Whales — a global invitation to explore the rich communal lives of sperm whales and discover why deciphering their world matters. Take the plunge and immerse yourself in the journey: Projectceti.org/listen
Are you ready to listen to whales? Soon, we dive. 👀🐳
Video: Amanda Cotton
Video: Amanda Cotton
January 12, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Are you ready to listen to whales? Soon, we dive. 👀🐳
Video: Amanda Cotton
Video: Amanda Cotton
Thank you @discovermag.bsky.social and Avery Hurt for delving into CETI’s recent publication, “Vowel- and Diphthong-Like Spectral Patterns in Sperm Whale Codas,” by: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva & Shane Gero.
Read the article here: bit.ly/3MKqR45
📷: Amanda Cotton
Read the article here: bit.ly/3MKqR45
📷: Amanda Cotton
December 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Thank you @discovermag.bsky.social and Avery Hurt for delving into CETI’s recent publication, “Vowel- and Diphthong-Like Spectral Patterns in Sperm Whale Codas,” by: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva & Shane Gero.
Read the article here: bit.ly/3MKqR45
📷: Amanda Cotton
Read the article here: bit.ly/3MKqR45
📷: Amanda Cotton
Bioacoustics just got more accessible, as CETI Scientists led by CETI Robotics Team Member, Daniel Vogt, have published the first fully open-source digital bioacoustics sensor for studying marine animals!
Explore here: bit.ly/4q4VIaa
🎨: PACT. Media
Explore here: bit.ly/4q4VIaa
🎨: PACT. Media
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Bioacoustics just got more accessible, as CETI Scientists led by CETI Robotics Team Member, Daniel Vogt, have published the first fully open-source digital bioacoustics sensor for studying marine animals!
Explore here: bit.ly/4q4VIaa
🎨: PACT. Media
Explore here: bit.ly/4q4VIaa
🎨: PACT. Media
This Giving Tuesday, join us on our audacious interspecies understanding journey! Support our research by donating or by purchasing sustainable, limited-edition CETI collectables through our website here: bit.ly/4ikRWGO
December 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This Giving Tuesday, join us on our audacious interspecies understanding journey! Support our research by donating or by purchasing sustainable, limited-edition CETI collectables through our website here: bit.ly/4ikRWGO
Introducing WhAM: An A.I model that transforms any audio into authentic-sounding sperm whale vocalizations!
Learn more: bit.ly/48g0885
By: Orr Paradise, Pranav Muralikrishnan, Liangyuan Chen, Hugo Flores García, Bryan Pardo, Roee Diamant, David Gruber, Shane Gero and Shafi Goldwasser.
Learn more: bit.ly/48g0885
By: Orr Paradise, Pranav Muralikrishnan, Liangyuan Chen, Hugo Flores García, Bryan Pardo, Roee Diamant, David Gruber, Shane Gero and Shafi Goldwasser.
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Introducing WhAM: An A.I model that transforms any audio into authentic-sounding sperm whale vocalizations!
Learn more: bit.ly/48g0885
By: Orr Paradise, Pranav Muralikrishnan, Liangyuan Chen, Hugo Flores García, Bryan Pardo, Roee Diamant, David Gruber, Shane Gero and Shafi Goldwasser.
Learn more: bit.ly/48g0885
By: Orr Paradise, Pranav Muralikrishnan, Liangyuan Chen, Hugo Flores García, Bryan Pardo, Roee Diamant, David Gruber, Shane Gero and Shafi Goldwasser.
Read how CETI Founder and Lead David Gruber believes technology can be a powerful tool in fostering connection between humanity and the more-than-human world, in his @nytimes.com op-ed here: bit.ly/482imd6
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Read how CETI Founder and Lead David Gruber believes technology can be a powerful tool in fostering connection between humanity and the more-than-human world, in his @nytimes.com op-ed here: bit.ly/482imd6
Thank you @popsci.com and @laurabaisas.bsky.social for highlighting our research!
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Thank you @popsci.com and @laurabaisas.bsky.social for highlighting our research!
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
A new study shows that sperm whales don’t move randomly — they follow structured, socially influenced patterns that are also predictable.
Read here: bit.ly/3JTnMh0
By: Yaly Mevorach, Alaa Maalouf, Guy Gubnitsky, Pernille Tønnesen, David Gruber, Daniela Rus, Dan Tchernov & Shane Gero.
Read here: bit.ly/3JTnMh0
By: Yaly Mevorach, Alaa Maalouf, Guy Gubnitsky, Pernille Tønnesen, David Gruber, Daniela Rus, Dan Tchernov & Shane Gero.
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A new study shows that sperm whales don’t move randomly — they follow structured, socially influenced patterns that are also predictable.
Read here: bit.ly/3JTnMh0
By: Yaly Mevorach, Alaa Maalouf, Guy Gubnitsky, Pernille Tønnesen, David Gruber, Daniela Rus, Dan Tchernov & Shane Gero.
Read here: bit.ly/3JTnMh0
By: Yaly Mevorach, Alaa Maalouf, Guy Gubnitsky, Pernille Tønnesen, David Gruber, Daniela Rus, Dan Tchernov & Shane Gero.
Thank you @iflscience.com and @rachaelhfunnell.bsky.social for featuring our research!
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
Vowel Sounds "Thought To Be Unique To Humans" Discovered In Sperm Whales For The First Time
www.iflscience.com/vowel-sounds...
www.iflscience.com/vowel-sounds...
Eavesdropping On Sperm Whales Just Revealed They Use Vowel Sounds "Thought To Be Unique To Humans"
Sperm whales can alter the frequency of their clicks to make “a” and “i” sounds.
www.iflscience.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Thank you @iflscience.com and @rachaelhfunnell.bsky.social for featuring our research!
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
Thank you @economist.com for covering our paper,“Vowel and Diphthong-Like Spectral Patterns in Sperm Whale Codas.”
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
The clicks that the animals make share at least one property with human language
Sperm whales communicate with vowels
The clicks that the animals make share at least one property with human language
econ.st
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Thank you @economist.com for covering our paper,“Vowel and Diphthong-Like Spectral Patterns in Sperm Whale Codas.”
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
Thank you National Geographic and @chameauleon.bsky.social for featuring our research! By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Exclusive: Sperm whale speech has human-like 'vowels'
The mammals' mysterious clicks contain a stunning level of complexity, a new study shows.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Thank you National Geographic and @chameauleon.bsky.social for featuring our research! By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
CETI scientists have discovered vowel and diphthong-like patterns in sperm whale communication! Read: bit.ly/3WSn9rc
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva & Shane Gero.
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, @umich.edu, @carleton.ca, @csail.mit.edu
Animation: Meghan Fenske
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva & Shane Gero.
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, @umich.edu, @carleton.ca, @csail.mit.edu
Animation: Meghan Fenske
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
CETI scientists have discovered vowel and diphthong-like patterns in sperm whale communication! Read: bit.ly/3WSn9rc
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva & Shane Gero.
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, @umich.edu, @carleton.ca, @csail.mit.edu
Animation: Meghan Fenske
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva & Shane Gero.
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, @umich.edu, @carleton.ca, @csail.mit.edu
Animation: Meghan Fenske
CETI Scientists developed a system which uses the pressure variations of whales’ dives to regenerate a vacuum in the suction cups on our bio-inspired whale digital bioacoustic sensors! By: Germain Meyer, Daniel Vogt, Xinyi Yang & Robert Wood from @harvardseas.bsky.social.
Read:https://bit.ly/47TM9U5
Read:https://bit.ly/47TM9U5
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
CETI Scientists developed a system which uses the pressure variations of whales’ dives to regenerate a vacuum in the suction cups on our bio-inspired whale digital bioacoustic sensors! By: Germain Meyer, Daniel Vogt, Xinyi Yang & Robert Wood from @harvardseas.bsky.social.
Read:https://bit.ly/47TM9U5
Read:https://bit.ly/47TM9U5
We are honored to be featured in Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist @elizkolbert.bsky.social’s new book! It is a collection of thought-provoking essays, including her piece on CETI and witnessing a sperm whale birth with our scientists in Dominica in 2023. Learn more: bit.ly/4qOY91N.
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We are honored to be featured in Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist @elizkolbert.bsky.social’s new book! It is a collection of thought-provoking essays, including her piece on CETI and witnessing a sperm whale birth with our scientists in Dominica in 2023. Learn more: bit.ly/4qOY91N.
Thank you @insideclimatenews.org and @katiesurma.bsky.social for diving into our recent publication in partnership with The More-Than-Human Life Program (@nyulaw.bsky.social) by: César Rodríguez Garavito, David Gruber, Ashley Otilia Nemeth and @begus.bsky.social.
Researchers are using AI to understand whale communications. The findings could put animals’ voices at the heart of legal battles to protect them.
AI Is Decoding Whales’ Communications. Could That Be a Turning Point in the Push for Their Rights? - Inside Climate News
The Cetacean Translation Initiative (CETI) is using artificial intelligence to help understand sperm whale communications. Lawyers think the discoveries could galvanize the world to recognize whales’ ...
insideclimatenews.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Thank you @insideclimatenews.org and @katiesurma.bsky.social for diving into our recent publication in partnership with The More-Than-Human Life Program (@nyulaw.bsky.social) by: César Rodríguez Garavito, David Gruber, Ashley Otilia Nemeth and @begus.bsky.social.