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  "id": 3712625,
  "title": "How decoding beluga whales’ chitchat may save them – and teach us more about ourselves",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/how-decoding-beluga-whales-chitchat-may-save-them-and-teach-us-more",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-27T09:02:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Science",
    "slug": "guardian-science",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/27/how-decoding-beluga-whales-chitchat-may-save-them-and-teach-us-more-about-ourselves"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "From humpbacks learning the latest songs to sperm whales’ ‘clan codas’, drones and AI learning are helping reveal another dimension to the concept of culture In 2015, the whale researcher Valeria Vergara pitched a small tent at the icy water’s edge on Somerset Island in the remote Canadian high Arctic, shrouded in a freezing fog so thick she struggled to see her own hands. She trailed a cord out…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}