Humans and animals have the same taste in animal mating calls The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers and the euphonious melodies of songbirds all evolved as signals that help individuals propagate, yet humans also find these very same signals pleasing to their own senses. In a study published today, Mar. 19, in Science, scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) collaborated with researchers in U.S., Canada, and New Zealand to show that humans and animals not only express the same subjective preferences for one type of signal—particular animal mating calls. In addition, across the range and complexity of the animal sounds found in nature, humans and animals show overlapping preferences for certain qualities of an animal’s call. These findings indicate that preferences for some animal sounds are more universal than previously known.

19-Mar-2026
Humans and animals have the same #taste in animal #matingCalls
In a gamified #citizenScience experiment, #humans showed preferences for calls animals find the most attractive

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1119993

#science #psychology #sounds

#coevolution
#matingcalls

Refrain: Darwin was right.

"Human participants preferred sounds that the nonhuman animal receivers preferred and with the same strength. This was true across multiple different taxa, including birds, frogs, and amphibians."

What animal are you? Humans and animals tend to like the same mating calls Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves, a new study finds

What animal are you? Humans and animals tend to like the same mating calls #Science #Biology #Zoology #AnimalBehavior #MatingCalls #EvolutionaryBiology

www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-animal-are-...

Even humans love a good mating call Volunteers listened to animal mating calls and played a computer game—for science.

Even humans love a good mating call #Science #Biology #Zoology #MatingCalls #AnimalBehavior #BiologyInsights

www.popsci.com/environment/mating-call-...