Nicolas Mathevon
@nicolasmathevon.bsky.social
Prof bioacoustics, University of Saint-Etienne, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Institut universitaire de France Academia Europaea Director ENES Bioacoustics Research Lab (http://eneslab.com) Book @princetonupress.bsky.social: http://tinyurl.com/yuetutum
Applications for the next session of the Bioacoustics Winter School are open until September 30. Program and application form available here 👉 www.eneslab.com/bioacoustic-.... Around 30 instructors from France and abroad come to share their knowledge and experience. #bioacoustics
Le prix Coller Dolittle 2026 a récompensé en juin les efforts de recherche menés en communication animale sur le diamant mandarin. Autre projet finaliste, celui de l' #ENES et de @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social au sujet de la souris rayée et mis en valeur par CNN. edition.cnn.com/2026/06/03/s...
Scientists are working on a ‘Dolittle machine’ to talk with animals, but to what end? | CNN
Bioacousticians are finding animal communication patterns once thought unique to humans — discoveries that challenge ideas about what makes human language special.
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Interested in scientific research on animal and human acoustic communication? Looking for training in bioacoustics? The ENES Bioacoustics Lab website has a fresh new look 👉 www.eneslab.com #bioacoustics
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👇 Excellent article (and easy to read) on our research on bird song recently published in Science. 🙏 Phys Org! phys.org/news/2026-07... #bioacoustics
Why and how birdsong differs across the world—and the eight motifs that tie them together
Birdsong carries meaning across open space, helping birds attract mates, defend territory and communicate with rivals. While there has been much research into the use of birdsong across species, resea...
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I had the pleasure to write a commentary in Science about the very comprehensive paper by @quentinbacquele.bsky.social et al. (same issue), on the factors influencing birdsong across the world. Link to my commentary: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/..., originally paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Birdsong diversity across the world
Birdsong motifs are shaped by evolutionary history, biological traits, and environmental constraints
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A new analysis in Science of more than 116,000 bird songs has revealed that the astonishing variety of passerine birdsong is built from just eight basic acoustic motifs, like trills, whistles, and harmonic notes. https://scim.ag/4ft2KBF
The global biogeography of passerine songs
Although bird songs are classic models for understanding the evolution of vocal communication, their global diversity has long made the development of a unifying framework challenging. By analyzing th...
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1/ The world's songbirds sing in just 8 basic sounds. And where a bird lives decides which ones it uses. My first PhD paper is out now in @science.org (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aee6239) Here is what we found:
C'est une 1ère : la comparaison des chants d' #oiseaux à l'échelle du globe. Leurs structures mélodiques sont d'une "simplicité" déconcertante : 8 motifs suffisent à les expliquer. 📗 Science Des travaux de l' #ENES et de l' #EPHE-PSL @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social www.liberation.fr/sciences/bio...
La diversité des chants d’oiseaux enfin décryptée : «C’est la première fois qu’une étude comparée est menée à une échelle mondiale»
De biologistes français ont identifié les trilles et les sifflets utilisés par les passereaux. Leur vaste étude nourrie par de la science participative montrent que l’ensemble de ces mélodies sont com...
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Une étude passionnante ! Et qui fera date. On comprend mieux comment le chant des oiseaux s’adapte aux contraintes biologiques et environnementales. Explications avec @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social (EPHE) et Claire Doutrelant (CEFE) #science #oiseaux www.ouest-france.fr/leditionduso...
Comment les oiseaux composent-ils leurs mélodies ? Cette ambitieuse étude française dévoile leurs secrets - Edition du soir Ouest-France - 05/08/2026
C’est une étude qui fait date dans la recherche mondiale sur le chant des oiseaux. Parus dans la revue « Science », ces travaux pilotés par des chercheurs français remplissent...
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📺A voir sur @artefr.bsky.social : "Comment les animaux communiquent-ils et par quel #langage ?" Zoom sur les #vocalisations des éléphants de mer étudiées par l'ENES et l'équipe de @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social www.arte.tv/fr/videos/12...
Le langage des animaux - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE
Des millions d'espèces animales peuplent la Terre et chacune est dotée d’un langage unique. Quelle forme prennent ces échanges et quelles informations transmettent-ils ? Ce documentaire plonge au coeu...
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New paper from the ENES Bioacoustics Research Lab: How a frog employs a multifaceted strategy, integrating temporal partitioning, thermal gating, and the modulation in response to lunar illumination, to thrive in the harsh sub-equatorial savanna. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #bioacoustics
Crepuscular vocal partitioning and thermal limits on calling behavior in the Bubbling Kassina (Kassina senegalensis) in a sub-equatorial savanna - Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Acoustic communication in anurans is energetically costly and constrained by environmental factors, especially in open savanna ecosystems where extreme temperature fluctuations, desiccation risks, and...
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The ENES Bioacoustics Research Lab at the Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne is a finalist for the Coller-Dolittle Awards! 🏆 Register below 👇 to watch the ceremony live. #bioacoustics
Want to know more about baby cries? Listen to the Better Dads Club Podcast - 50 minutes of great interview! #bioacoustics www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI30...
BDC E11 with Nicolas Mathevon
YouTube video by Better Dads Club
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The first book entirely dedicated to babies' cries. Spread the word! www.amazon.com/intimate-wor...
The intimate world of babies’ cries: The best ways to understand and calm your baby
The intimate world of babies’ cries: The best ways to understand and calm your baby [Mathevon, Prof Nicolas] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The intimate world of babies’ cries: The best ways to understand and calm your baby
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Very nice piece on CNN Science about our research on the striped mouse & other animal acoustic communication stuff #bioacoustics edition.cnn.com/2026/06/03/s...
Scientists are working on a ‘Dolittle machine’ to talk with animals, but to what end? | CNN
Bioacousticians are finding animal communication patterns once thought unique to humans — discoveries that challenge ideas about what makes human language special.
edition.cnn.com
Very nice piece on CNN Science about our research on the striped mouse & other animal acoustic communication stuff 👇 edition.cnn.com/2026/06/03/s...
Scientists are working on a ‘Dolittle machine’ to talk with animals, but to what end? | CNN
Bioacousticians are finding animal communication patterns once thought unique to humans — discoveries that challenge ideas about what makes human language special.
edition.cnn.com
Interested in Animal acoustic communication? Human non-verbal communication? Bioacoustics for biodiversity? Effects of anthropogenic noise?👇 visit the new website of the ENES Bioacoustics Research Lab, a unique ecosystem combining Research and Training. www.eneslab.com #bioacoustics
ENES Bioacoustics Research Lab
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Bioacoustics Winter School 2027 👇Applications are now open Do not hesitate to disseminate this info ☺️ #bioacoustics www.eneslab.com/bioacoustic-...
Bioacoustics Winter School | ENES lab
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Do elephants adress one another with vocalizations that function like human personal names, as was widely reported two years ago? Dharmarajan (2026) argues that this finding may have been just a methodological artefact. 🐘🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Effects of bias when using ‘black box’ models: re-evaluating the evidence for the use of name-like calls by elephants
Machine learning (ML) tools can detect patterns in complex high-dimensional data sets, providing new ways to obtain insights into animal behaviour. Ho…
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Dan Mennill@dmennill.bsky.social · 4mo agoOur NEW PAPER is out: "Traffic Reduction during COVID-19 Lockdowns Benefited Species Already Tolerant of Noise Pollution: An Acoustic Analysis." Hot off the press in American Naturalist: doi.org/10.1086/740812 We found something surprising about traffic and birdsong... 🧵1
50% Off Sale - Time to read "The Voices of Nature: How and Why Animals Communicate". press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #bioacoustics #nature #animals #ecology #ethology #book
The Voices of Nature
Songs, barks, roars, hoots, squeals, and growls: exploring the mysteries of how animals communicate by sound
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Since the start of the school year, our team has been working our way through the chapters of Nicolas Mathevon's "Voices of Nature". Reaching the end of the semester, we've reached the end of the book. What an informative and entertaining #bioacoustics book @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social!
New paper from us: "A dataset of insect sounds from 459 species for bioacoustic machine learning", published in Scientific Data, led by Marius Faiß https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-07123-4 #bioacoustics #datasets
A dataset of insect sounds from 459 species for bioacoustic machine learning - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A dataset of insect sounds from 459 species for bioacoustic machine learning
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Our new paper is out: "Acoustic differences persist in urban Parus major (Great Tit) over two decades of declining anthropogenic noise in Paris, France." A study of noise and bird song, by me and Hans Slabbekoorn, in Ornithological Applications @amornith.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/orni...
"Is plant acoustic communication fact or fiction?" is among the most read research published in New Phytologist in 2024 and 2025 👇. No evidence of plants communicating via acoustics. Great to see so much interest in debunking this myth 😃 . nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #bioacoustics
Is plant acoustic communication fact or fiction?
In recent years, the idea has flourished that plants emit and perceive sound and could even be capable of exchanging information through the acoustic channel. While research into plant bioacoustics i...
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Jeff Dutter is a bioacoustics intern, joining our lab as part of the Master's of Bioacoustics (MoBi) program at U. Saint-Etienne. Today we had phase 2 of testing our Motus Audio microphone horns in our campus studio. Great work Jeff! #NocMig @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social
Almost 90,000 (!) readers now know what babies' cries are saying. Why not you 😏? 👇 (do not hesitate to disseminate!) theconversation.com/what-babies-...
What babies’ cries really tell us – and why maternal instinct is a myth
Is it possible to interpret babies’ cries in order to understand their needs accurately?
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NEW! The International Master of Bioacoustics (MoBi) now includes its first year (M1)! Applications are open sensoryneuroetholo.wixsite.com/mobim1. We are seeking 8 French-speaking students with skills in R and Python programming. Full details👇 sensoryneuroetholo.wixsite.com/mobim1 #bioacoustics
International Master of Bioacoustics
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NEW! The International Master of Bioacoustics (MoBi) now includes its first year (M1)! Applications are open sensoryneuroetholo.wixsite.com/mobim1. We are seeking 8 French-speaking candidates with skills in R and Python programming. For full details👇 sensoryneuroetholo.wixsite.com/mobim1
International Master of Bioacoustics
Home page of the International Master of Bioacoustics
sensoryneuroetholo.wixsite.com
