Animals often gather information from other species by eavesdrop** on signals intended
for others. We review the extent, benefits, mechanisms, and ecological and evolutionary …

Mixed‐species animal groups (MSGs) are widely acknowledged to increase predator
avoidance and foraging efficiency, among other benefits, and thereby increase participants' …

Interspecific information flow is known to affect individual fitness, population dynamics and
community assembly, but there has been less study of how species diversity affects …

Highlights•Vertebrates respond to conspecific and heterospecific mobbing calls.•We used
playbacks to investigate if prior experience is required to elicit mobbing.•The bird species …

Carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis) and tufted titmice (Baeolophus bicolor) regularly
form flocks with multiple species through the winter months, including white-breasted …

Mobbing is an important anti-predator behavior where prey harass and attack a predator to
lower the immediate and long-term risk posed by it, warn others, and communicate about the …

Highlights•Birds sometimes respond to predators by mobbing instead of fleeing.•We tested
the effect of predation risk on mobbing intensity using playback stimuli.•We showed that …

When multiple species are vulnerable to a common set of predators, it is advantageous for
individuals to recognize information about the environment provided by other species …

There has long been a fundamental divide in the study of cooperation: researchers focus
either on cooperation within species, including but not limited to sociality, or else on …

Highlights•Birds have impressive temporal sensitivity to auditory stimuli.•Zebra finches have
particularly good sensitivity to temporal fine structure.•The communicative potential of fine …