Environmental noise from anthropogenic and other sources affects many aspects of animal
ecology and behaviour, including acoustic communication. Acoustic masking is often …

Many animals produce antipredator calls in response to the presence of a predator, which,
in some species, can provide information about the distance to predator. Although previous …

Increased predation risk is considered a cost of having conspicuous colours, affecting the
anti-predator behaviour of colourful animals. However, this is difficult to test, as individual …

Selection should act on parental care and favour parental investment decisions that optimize
the number of offspring produced. Such predictions have been robustly tested in predation …

Prenatal imitative learning is an emerging research area in both human and non-human
animals. Previous studies in Superb Fairywrens (Malurus cyaneus) showed that mothers are …

Highlights•Guppy adults were exposed to olfactory, visual or combined predator
cues.•Offspring of adults exposed to different sensory cues were raised in freshwater.•Adults …

Personality syndromes in animals may have adaptive benefits for survival. For example,
while engaging in predator deterrence, reactive individuals tend to prioritise their own …

Predation is a major cause of mortality and nest failure in birds. Cooperative predator
defense can enhance nest success and adult survival but, because it is inherently risky …

Drones have become a popular conservation tool especially when monitoring cryptic
species or species inhabiting locations difficult to access. We developed a non-invasive …

Variation in the acoustic structure of alarm signals has mainly been viewed as coding
information about the type of predator or the level of threat posed by the predator. Alarm …