Furthermore, the vocal timbre (i.e., “color” of voice) of motherese differs from the timbre of adult-directed speech. In animals, pup-directed vocalizations are very common, especially in females. But ...

Prior research has also shown that most bat species exhibit social behavior, both through their movements and through their vocalizations. In this new effort, the research team took a closer look ...

“This study is a major step forward in our understanding of behavioral types in bats and how those relate to patterns of social vocalization,” says Erin Gillam, a behavioral ecologist at North ...

Copulatory vocalizations are the noises female primates make during sex; sometimes female primates make these sounds — sometimes they howl — because they’re climaxing, sometimes female ...

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Birds are the master vocalists of the animal kingdom. They can make a remarkable variety of sounds. But why is a barred owl more of a baritone, while a cedar waxwing is a soprano? And what influences ...