Humpback whales (M egaptera novaeangliae) are seasonal breeders, annually migrating
from high‐latitude summer feeding grounds to low‐latitude winter breeding grounds. The …

Birdsong has been the subject of broad research from a variety of sub‐disciplines and has
taught us much about the evolution, function, and mechanisms driving animal …

Internal states shape stimulus responses and decision-making, but we lack methods to
identify them. To address this gap, we developed an unsupervised method to identify …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Gull chicks beg for food from their parents. Peacocks spread their tails to attract potential
mates. Meerkats alert family members of the approach of predators. But are these--and other …

In species with mate choice, the choosy sex selects its mate based on traits that are thought
to indicate the mate's quality. In several bird species, females prefer males that sing more …

Vocal signals, including human speech and birdsong, are produced by complicated,
precisely coordinated body movements, whose execution is fitness-determining in resource …

Ultrasonic vocalizations (USV) of mice are increasingly recognized as informative
dependent variables in studies using mouse models of human diseases. While pup …

Identifying universal principles underpinning diverse natural systems is a key goal of the life
sciences. A powerful approach in addressing this goal has been to test whether patterns …

Animals use varied acoustic signals that play critical roles in their lives. Understanding the
function of these signals may inform about key life-history processes relevant for …