Over the past several years, many investigators interested in the effects of man-made
sounds on animals have come to realize that there is much to gain from studying the broader …

Machine learning has been advancing dramatically over the past decade. Most strides are
human-based applications due to the availability of large-scale datasets; however …

Marine mammals (whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, sea cows) use sound both actively and
passively to communicate and sense their environment, covering frequencies from a few …

Culture, a pillar of the remarkable ecological success of humans, is increasingly recognized
as a powerful force structuring nonhuman animal populations. A key gap between these two …

Creating a baseline understanding of communicative signals and perceptual abilities is
imperative for gaining insight into a species' life history. This is especially relevant for at-risk …

Rhythm and vocal production learning are building blocks of human music and speech.
Vocal learning has been hypothesized as a prerequisite for rhythmic capacities. Yet, no …

Cetaceans represent an evolutionary peak in terms of their cognitive capacities, complex
communication systems and their structured, multilevel societies. However, the difficulty of …

ABSTRACT The Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) is one of the most colonial
mammals, with colonies of up to hundreds of thousands of individuals during the breeding …

Publisher Summary Animals live in an ever-changing world. Reactions and responses to
environmental and social variables must be flexible and adaptive for survival and …

Highlights•Sea lion mothers use multiple senses for pup recognition.•Individually, acoustic
and olfactory cues convey accurate identity information.•Acoustic, olfactory and visual cues …