Whether listening in a forest or on an open plain, by the side of a river or in the ocean, at the
outskirts of suburbia or right downtown, the Earth abounds with sounds. The use of the term …

Many gregarious species require complex patterns of communication for maintaining
coordinated behaviors, articulated social structure and group cohesion. In mammal species …

Passive acoustic surveys are becoming increasingly popular as a means of surveying for
cetaceans and other marine species. These surveys yield large amounts of data, the …

Asian honeybees use an impressive array of strategies to protect nests from hornet attacks,
although little is understood about how antipredator signals coordinate defences. We …

Acoustic sequences have been described in a range of species and in varying complexity.
Cetaceans are known to produce complex song displays but these are generally limited to …

Killer whales are apex predators with temporally and spatially varying distributions
throughout the world's oceans. Their ecology and behaviour are poorly understood in most …

During glacial periods, highly mobile species were able to shift their ranges to warmer
regions that remained ice‐free—so‐called “glacial refugia.” Glacial refugia often preserved …

Killer whale call repertoires can provide information on social connections among groups
and populations. Killer whales in Iceland and Norway exhibit similar ecology and behavior …

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) have group‐specific call repertoires that can be used to track
groups and populations using passive acoustic monitoring. To provide a detailed description …

Seals (phocids) are generally not thought to produce vocalizations having ultrasonic
fundamental frequencies (≥ 20 kHz), although previous studies could have been biased by …