Browsing Tag
bioacoustics
5 posts
Differences in human and great ape laughter reveal clues to the origin of speech
Chiara De Gregorio, University of Warwick Humans are not the only animals that communicate. Birds sing to attract…
Seals have a unique superpower in their ears, and we finally know how it evolved
James Patrick Rule, Monash University; Ian G. Brennan, Australian National University, and Travis Park, Monash University Have you…
Do birds have accents? The fascinating regional differences in birdsong
Louise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University Birds sing the most around an hour before dawn, when the air is…
Can AI teach us how animals think?
Shelley Brady, Dublin City University How is an animal feeling at a given moment? Humans have long recognised…
Rockabye baby: the ‘love songs’ of lonely leopard seals resemble human nursery rhymes
CassandraSm/Shutterstock Lucinda Chambers, UNSW Sydney and Tracey Rogers, UNSW Sydney Late in the evening, the Antarctic sky flushes…