Bats represent one of the most diverse mammalian orders, not only in terms of species
numbers, but also in their ecology and life histories. Many species are known to use …

Music comprises a diverse category of cognitive phenomena that likely represent both the
effects of psychological adaptations that are specific to music (eg, rhythmic entrainment) and …

Singing plays an important role in the social lives of several disparate bat species, but just
how significant the behavior may be among bats generally is unknown. Recent discoveries …

Vocal imitation—the ability to learn a previously unknown acoustic signal from a tutor—is
considered to be a key innovation in the evolution of speech. This faculty is very rare and …

Bat echolocation is primarily used for orientation and foraging but also holds great potential
for social communication. The communicative function of echolocation calls is still largely …

Babbling is a production milestone in infant speech development. Evidence for babbling in
nonhuman mammals is scarce, which has prevented cross-species comparisons. In this …

The evolution of sexually monomorphic (ie mutual) ornamentation has attracted growing
attention as a 'blind‐spot'in evolutionary biology. The popular consensus is that female …

Bats use echolocation for orientation during foraging and navigation. However, it has been
suggested that echolocation calls may also have a communicative function, for instance …

Social interactions are central in the lives of many animals. Social partners can lower
individual stress levels (Rault, 2012), a process known in humans and primates as social …

In mammals, complex songs are uncommon and few studies have examined song
composition or the order of elements in songs, particularly with respect to regional and …