Zebra finches produce soft laryngeal whistles during thermal panting that are not adaptive vocal signals

Zebra finch heat calls are suggested to have close-range communicative relevance in the global temperature rise context. Anttonen et al. identify the biophysical mechanism underlying these vocalizatio...

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Chimpanzee drumming may give clues to the roots of rhythm

Behavior is more complex than scientists realized, could reveal origins of musicality

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Sustainability and avian biodiversity tensions in wastewater management in arid zones

Biodiversity is increasingly threatened by anthropogenic and climatic changes around the globe. Many animals lose the habitats where they can settle a…

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Stone-assisted drumming in Western chimpanzees and its implications for communication and cultural transmission | Biology Letters

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) communicate in complex ways, including sounds produced by hand and foot drumming on trees, often combined with loud vocalizations. Recently, a puzzling stone throwing beh...

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High nest failure in a zebra finch population and persistent nest predation by a monitor lizard

Ecology & Evolution is a broad open access journal welcoming research in ecology, evolution, and conservation science, and providing a forum for evidence-based views.

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