When dolphin mothers vocalize towards their calves, it sounds a lot like baby talk.

A study published Monday found that bottlenose dolphin mothers use a kind of high-pitched baby talk with their calves.

The model uses a database of dolphin sounds to decipher, learn, and mimic them as shared vocabulary.

For the dolphin study, the researchers focused solely on the signature call, so they don't know if dolphins also use baby talk for other exchanges — or whether it helps their offspring learn to ...

Why people, dolphins or other creatures use baby talk isn't certain, but scientists believe it may help offspring learn to pronounce novel sounds.

A new study has found that, like humans, dolphin mothers also use a kind of high-pitched baby talk when communicating with their kids.