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Do animals enjoy music? Zoömusicology has surprising answers

Have you ever heard of the term “zoömusicology”? Essentially, it refers to the study of sounds and communication produced and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Five Dramatic Ways Animals Respond to Human Noise, From Mimicking Car Alarms While Wooing Mates to Calling Higher Over the Din of Traffic

As human-caused sound gets louder around the world, some animals change their behavior and many creatures suffer health issues Olivia Ferrari | Correspondent Key takeaways: How creatures respond to ...
Scientific American

The World’s Most Frightening Animal Sounds like This

Hopkin: Well, if you’re a mammal in the African savanna, it may well be this: [CLIP: Audio from study: “Women’s World Cup to be held in England and Wales from the 24th of June to the 23rd of July.”] ...
Ars Technica

From chickens to humans, animals think “bouba” sounds round

Does “bouba” sound round to you? How about “maluma”? Neither are real words, but we’ve known for decades that people who hear them tend to associate them with round objects. There have been plenty of ...
KXAN

From frogs to finches: Why humans and animals may love the same sounds

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Is the mating call of a frog actually appealing to people? Researchers at the University of Texas are testing a surprising idea in a surprising way: humans and animals may have the ...
The Conversation

The animal sounds in most nature documentaries are made by humans – here’s how they do it and why it matters

Wildlife documentaries like the BBC’s recent series, Planet Earth III, are renowned for offering breathtaking images of animals in their natural habitats. You’d be forgiven for thinking these shows ...