26 Jul 2025

Dolphins: whistlers of the ocean

From Saturday Morning, 7:43 am on 26 July 2025

AI has been revolutionising the fields of medicine and science, but now, it's also helping to decode animal communication.

A team of scientists studying, a community of dolphins in Florida, was recently awarded the first Coller-Dolittle-Challenge for their research in interspecies communication - which came with a one hundred thousand dollar prize.

The team's led by Dr. Laela Sayigh, a senior research specialist at America's Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Laela explains to Mihi what they have learned so far about the dolphin's ability to communicate.

Photo by Brookfield Zoo Chicago's Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, taken under NMFS MMPA Scientific Research Permit.

Photo: Photo by Brookfield Zoo Chicago's Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, taken under NMFS MMPA Scientific Research Permit.