Vocal production learning, the ability to modify the structure of vocalizations as a result of
hearing those of others, has been studied extensively in birds but less attention has been …

Highlights•Cetacean possess advanced vocal learning skills.•Baleen whales use vocal
learning in the development of their song displays.•Toothed whales use learned signals in …

In the songs and bubble feeding of humpback whales; in young killer whales learning to
knock a seal from an ice floe in the same way their mother does; and in the use of sea …

Animals lead rich social lives. They care for one another, compete for resources, and mate.
Within a society, social relationships may be simple or complex and usually vary …

When a chimpanzee stockpiles rocks as weapons or when a frog sends out mating calls, we
might easily assume these animals know their own motivations--that they use the same …

Studies of animal culture have not normally included a consideration of cetaceans.
However, with several long-term field studies now maturing, this situation should change …

Working memory represents the ability of the brain to hold externally or internally driven
information for relatively short periods of time,. Persistent neuronal activity is the elementary …

Famed in story as" the great leviathans," sperm whales are truly creatures of extremes.
Giants among all whales, they also have the largest brains of any creature on Earth. Males …

Cultural transmission, the social learning of information or behaviors from conspecifics [1–5],
is believed to occur in a number of groups of animals, including primates [1, 6–9], cetaceans …

Large bioacoustic archives of wild animals are an important source to identify reappearing
communication patterns, which can then be related to recurring behavioral patterns to …