“Because of current limitations on technology, an important assumption of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is that extraterrestrial intelligence and life will be interested in making ...

What: A SETI Live conversation about humpback whale communication and the challenge of recognizing signals that do not match ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...

Researchers from an organization that seeks out extraterrestrial life camped out at a remote lighthouse in Southeast Alaska for the better part of the summer, but they weren’t out there looking for ...

Imagine trying to decode an alien language where every word sounds like a heavy wooden door creaking shut. That is essentially what marine biologists face when studying sperm whales. Sperm whales ...

What can humpback whales teach us about communicating with extraterrestrial intelligence? We don't yet know whether life — let alone intelligent life — exists beyond Earth. But the assumptions we make ...