A Bird’s Brain Holds Clues to the Sounds of Music

The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an ...
The Chosun Ilbo on MSN

Scientist decodes bird calls, wins Kohler Doolittle Prize

A U.S. scientist who used artificial intelligence (AI) to interpret the meaning of birdsong received a prize of 100,000 ...
Canada's National Observer

A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong

Julie Elie worked out how zebra finches announce who they are, what they are doing and use individual signatures to identify themselves.
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Why Does This Bird’s Call Make People Nostalgic for Their Childhood?

Not too long ago, a curious trend swept across the internet. People were going on about how a single sound was somehow triggering a wave of nostalgia for them and transporting them back to the simple ...
Phys.org

You probably agree with animals on which bird calls, frog noises and cricket chirps are most attractive—new study

Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with elaborate color patterns—from the iridescent plumage of many hummingbirds to the ...