To study accumulative stone throwing among wild chimpanzees, researchers hike deep into the savanna-woodland of Boé — a habitat increasingly threatened by industrial mining.
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When a bird of prey comes calling, a multi-species wave of alarm goes rippling through the rainforest canopy.
Many aspects of animals that people find beautiful evolved to be attractive to the animals themselves. A new study hints at a common aspect of perception that dates back hundreds of millions of years.
Some dogs can remember the names of hundreds of objects.
The findings of a new study about communication between birds also offer key insights into the origins of language.
Chimpanzees’ turn-taking shows skills that may have supported the evolution of human conversation.
Mountain chickadees follow systematic grammarlike rules to share important information, stringing together syllables like words in a sentence.
Studying the information contained in dolphin whistles is crucial for our understanding of threats to their survival.
By listening to a frog call, adult bats can tell which prey are palatable and which are poisonous. Young bats must acquire this ability over time.
But the intricate melodies these colourful little birds sing don’t just indicate how they behave.
Researchers identified statistically coherent patterns in whale song that may be a signature of cultural learning.
Male elephant society is much richer than previously thought.
It’s certainly an exciting time to study communication in whales and dolphins.
Only male crickets have wing structures that produce sound, but females are very good at following the signal.
Artificial intelligence can process large amounts of chicken vocalizations, identifying patterns in the birds’ communications.
There are simple explanations for what may seem like complex behaviours in dogs.
Researchers explore what happens when ants can’t properly use smell to detect friend from foe.
Honeybees possess one of the most complex examples of nonhuman communication. New research suggests that it is learned and culturally passed down from older to younger bees.
From insects to birds to bats to frogs, these little loudmouths have found ingenious ways to deliver their messages at high volume.
North American red squirrels produce a range of sounds, but their distinctive rattle call may have more to do with identifying themselves than warning off other squirrels.
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Associate Professor of Comparative Psychology, University of Portsmouth
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Research Associate in Animal Behavior, The University of Texas at Austin; McGill University
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