The most important feature in interpreting observed emotions in both humans and animals is
the context in which the assumed emotion occurs. The same can be said for play. Wrestling …

In a recent publication in Biological Reviews, Manger (2006) made the controversial claim
that the large brains of cetaceans evolved to generate heat during oceanic cooling in the …

Humpback whales, unlike most mammalian species, learn new songs as adults. Populations
of singers progressively and collectively change the sounds and patterns within their songs …

The information content of coyote (Canis latrans) vocalizations is poorly understood, but has
important implications for understanding coyote behaviour. Coyotes probably use …

The sea can be a vast place in which to live, both horizontally, with tens to thousands of
kilometers separating physical boundaries, and vertically, with depths ranging from a few …

The acoustic structure of calls within call types can vary as function of individual identity, sex,
and social group membership and is important in kin and social group recognition. Belding's …

It has long been recognized that vocal signals communicate information about the age, sex
and affective state of callers. However, the mechanisms by which these types of information …

According to the “signature whistle” hypothesis, dolphins emit stereotypic sequential
whistles whose function is to transmit the identity and location of the whistling animal …

Passive acoustic monitoring is a powerful tool that allows remote detection of marine
mammals through their vocalizations. While call detection provides information on species …

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