Animals bred in captivity or isolated from predators often suffer high rates of predation when
translocated, having not learned to recognise or respond appropriately to predators. As a …

Emotions are complex reactions that allow individuals to cope with significant positive and
negative events. Research on emotion was pioneered by Darwin's work on emotional …

Highlights•The expressive power of language depends on both syntax and
compositionality.•We review evidence for compositionality in syntactic combinations of bird …

Many birds and mammals give alarm calls when they detect predators or other threats, and
these calls have been used as classic models for understanding signal design. Here we …

Animal alarm calls can contain detailed information about a predator's threat, and
heterospecific eavesdrop** on these signals creates vast communication networks. While …

This article adds to an evolving literature arguing for revised human-animal positions in
social thought. It elaborates on how writings fundamental to the modern human world ought …

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, a radical investigation
into the bird way of being, and the recent scientific research that is dramatically shifting our …

Billions of birds fatally collide with human-made structures each year. These mortalities have
consequences for population viability and conservation of endangered species. This source …

Many animals produce vocal alarm signals when they detect a predator, and heterospecific
species sharing predators often eavesdrop on and respond to these calls [1]. Despite the …

Highlights•Numerical rules can allow animals to assess the reliability of social
information.•We tested the response of Australian magpies to alarm calls from …