A 14-year-old killer whale in France has successfully imitated human speech, according to researchers who got her to squeak out convincing versions of words, including "hello," "Amy" and "bye, bye." ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sperm whale clicks may contain vowel-like patterns that closely parallel human speech structure. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) The sound ...

For decades the clicking sounds of sperm whales have reverberated through oceans where those rhythms were ignored by human ears as little more than spooky sounds for the sake of it. But new research ...

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Sperm whales produce powerful clicks to communicate. To our ears, they sound nothing more than a series of repetitive, mechanical taps. But we could be a step closer to understanding some of their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The eye of a sperm whale. (Mike Korostelev/Moment/Getty Images) The staccato clicks of sperm whales may sound like meaningless ...