Animals are noisy. And their noises can travel a long way. But making sounds can be a double-edged sword: it can help them communicate, sometimes over long distances, but it can also reveal them to ...

Scientists found special brain connections in seals and sea lions that help control vocal sounds. This may explain how speech ...

We talk about what an ear even is, how ears have evolved, how they work, and some of the cool ways animals have tweaked their ears to work for their lifestyle. We talk about what an ear even is, how ...

Bats live in a world of sounds. They use vocalizations both to communicate with their conspecifics and for navigation. For the latter, they emit sounds in the ultrasonic range, which echo and enable ...

Pakinam Amer: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Pakinam Amer. Clicks, clucks, grunts and snorts—these are not sounds that we typically associate with turtles. If you're enjoying ...

In 2025 we will see AI and machine learning leveraged to make real progress in understanding animal communication, answering a question that has puzzled humans as long as we have existed: “What are ...

A groundbreaking computational tool, Chatter, is revolutionizing the study of animal communication. By analyzing ...