Acoustic variation in alarm calls of Corvidae–effect of morphology, ecology and phylogeny - Animal Cognition Bioacoustic parameters of vocalization are generally well adapted to the environment that the species inhabits and are influenced by the morphology and life history of the species. These effects are f...

🐦‍⬛🔊 How do phylogeny, morphology and ecological factors affect the structure of the #corvids vocalizations? 🤔

➡️ Find out in our new paper 🤩

🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#Corvidae #AlarmCalls #Morphology #Phylogeny #Ecology #Bioacoustics #AnimalCognition #NewPaper

Agile, low-risk species are more stimulated by these heterospecific alarms, possible to indicate mediation by predation risk.

#predationrisk #passerines #alarmcalls #ecology #interspecific #interactions #playbackexperiments #vocalizations

Wild orangutans show communication complexity thought to be uniquely human Researchers have found that wild orangutans vocalize with a layered complexity previously thought to be unique to human communication, suggesting a much older evolutionary origin.

I somehow doubt #Chomsky would be impressed by this evidence of #orangutan 'recursion'!

#primatecommunication #greatapes #alarmcalls

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/2505161...