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Project CETI is a nonprofit organization applying machine learning and robotics to listen to and translate the communication of whales in Dominica. #ProjectCETI
Joined March 2020
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In 2023, the sperm whale birth witnessed by @ProjectCETI made headlines: a newborn unable to swim properly, held at the surface by kin and non-kin alike. Now, CETI’s founder, David Gruber, shares what witnessing that care meant to him, and how the encounter changed his work forever. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/w…
Could a whale really swallow a human? CETI’s Field Biology Lead @sgero dives in with @PopSci to discuss the forthcoming movie “Whalefall.”
bit.ly/4xnYZoa
Did you catch our feature on The @guardian’s Science Weekly Podcast last week? Listen to the episode here: bit.ly/4iSrsif
How close are we to talking to animals? Listen to CETI CEO & Founder David Gruber on @IFLScience's The Big Questions Podcast.
bit.ly/3UAV7T3
Get to know Canopener, a young adult female from Unit U! One of the many sperm whales we have the privilege of working with in Dominica. You can learn more and meet more whales at projectceti.org/listen.
Photo: @acottonphoto
A new study by CETI Scientists analyzed thousands of hunting attempts and found that sperm whales flexibly switch prey-capture tactics within a single dive — adapting their approach in real time based on how their hunt unfolds. Read the pre-print here: bit.ly/45cW2Lz
By: Lorenzo Zaffina, Corrado Monti, @simonepoetto, @maximelca, Henrique João Machado Borges, @rudeshpande10, @PHTonnesen, David Gruber, @sgero, @andreasantor0, @lordgrilo
Photo: @acottonphoto
Want a deeper dive into CETI’s research? You can discover moment-by-moment analysis of CETI’s recent groundbreaking insights into the birth of a sperm whale and more at projectceti.org/research
Sperm whales seem to change their calls when ships are near, highlighting the implications of underwater noise pollution. Read in @SmithsonianMag: bit.ly/4i1muiJ
When ships are nearby, sperm whales change their calls. Read in @NatGeo: nationalgeographic.com/envir…
New finding: CETI scientists reveal underwater shipping noise is affecting the structure of sperm whale communication. Read the paper here: bit.ly/4fskWv8
By: @DiamantRoee, @davidfgruber, @sgero, @begusgasper
Illustration: Alex Boersma
Read the newly published op-ed “Listen to whales to improve connection, care & ocean health” by @SylviaEarle and CETI CEO and Founder @davidfgruber on Monga Bay here: bit.ly/4vRRy8O
Photo: Noah Throop/ Untamed Planet Films
Mission Blue’s Hope Spots are over 169 critical places in the ocean—vital to biodiversity, resilience, and life on Earth which are championed by local leaders and grounded in science.🌊This World Ocean Month, discover the Hope Spots: listen.projectceti.org/#lear…
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…
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… 🐳🎙️💙
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
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
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
“[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
“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:
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