Vocalization

Bonobo Calls Show Signs of Complex Communication, Says New Study

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Compositionality, the capacity to combine meaningful elements into larger meaningful structures, is a hallmark of human language. Compositionality can be trivial (combination’s meaning is the sum of the meaning of its parts) or nontrivial (one element modifies the meaning of the other element). In new research, scientists studied the vocal behavior of wild bonobos (Pan … Read more

New Bird Species Identified in Indonesia

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A cryptic new species of the honeyeater genus Myzomela has been described by an international team of ornithologists from Malaysia, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Babar myzomela (Myzomela babarensis). Image credit: James A. Eaton. Myzomela is the largest and most geographically widespread genus in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. First described by … Read more