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Aquatic animals commonly use chemical cues to gain sensory information. These cues mediate many of the animals’ behavior and interactions such as reproduction, foraging strategies and predator detection. Many studies have been done to investigate the role of olfaction in … Continue reading
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Birds use calls and songs for a variety of purposes, including attracting mates, communicating with each other, and marking territory. Birds also respond to the calls of others, and use calls to identify each other and communicate information about themselves … Continue reading
Have you ever focused on one conversation at a noisy party? How is it possible that you were able to filter out the other conversations around you? In a theoretical paper published in 2015, Larimer et al. proposed that our … Continue reading
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Echolocation is type of sensory system in which an animal can generate biosonar signals to detect and locate objects. Hunting bats are one of the mammals that utilize this system in order to locate prey. Daubenton’s bats, Myotis daubentonii, are … Continue reading
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In 1959, Lettvin and colleagues first suggested that the eye does not simply transmit images like a camera; rather, important processing happens at the level of the eye — for example, the extraction of valuable visual information from noise. This … Continue reading
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Many species of insects including honeybees, ants, and wasps live in nests, which act as headquarters from which all of the members of the colony operate. For an insect such as a wasp, the ability to navigate to and from … Continue reading
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Traffic poses a direct threat to the survival of insects; they can easily be squashed under a tire or on a windshield. However, it also may pose an indirect threat by causing noise that interferes with mating calls. Traffic and … Continue reading
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I Scratch Your Back, You Scratch Mine: Lemurs Groom-at-a-Distance through Vocalizations We have all heard it before: communication is the key to a successful relationship. Talking things out with friends and family is healthy for everyone involved. But what about … Continue reading
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What Do We Pay Attention To? The Importance of Cues and Context in Predictive Learning As humans, we choose to pay attention to certain things and deem others irrelevant. A growing body of research focuses on various measures of stimulus … Continue reading
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Animals acquire information from their environment in many different ways, one important method being communication with other animals. This communication is heavily reliant on signaling. Many of these signals are complex, having multiple components to them. These signals have often been … Continue reading
