Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sperm whale swims off the coast of Dominica in March 2024. In a study published Tuesday, May 7, in the journal Nature ...

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Scientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island of Dominica have described for the first time the basic elements of how they might be talking to each other, in an effort ...