Our research on animal communication and cognition has generated a lot of media interest around the world. Below are a few links to selected media coverage.
In addition to newpaper, magazine, radio, and TV coverage, our research has been featured in elementary numeracy and university statistics curricula and even helped inspire the composition of a symphony: check out Craig Thomas Naylor's excellent marriage of science and art in his "Chickadee Symphony" (score excerpt | midi sound clip)
New York Times cartoon
by Chris Gash
Information Encoding in Songbird Alarm Signals
Sophisticated Bird Signals Washington Post
You Call It Music. They Call It an Air Raid New York Times
Chickadee Calls Carry Specifics on Danger NPR's All Things Considered
Warning Calls: Birds Do It The Why Files
Duetting Songbird Conversations
How Baby Birds Learn to Duet Scientific American
Duetting wren make beautiful music together Wired
Wrens so happy that they duet, but how do they do it? Scientific American
Cross-Species Eavesdropping
Decoding a Neighbor’s Call New York Times
Nuthatches Alert to Chickadee Warning Calls NPR's Morning Edition
Eavesdropping nuthatches act on chickadee warnings New Scientist
Danger in the Air Science Magazine
Eavesdropping songbirds get predator intel from overheard calls Discover Magazine
Nuthatches Heed Chickadees’ Warning Calls—but They’re Wary of False Alarms Smithsonian
These birds 'retweet' alarm calls— but are careful about spreading rumors National Geographic
Effects of Traffic Noise on Animals
Traffic noise impairs songbirds' abilities BBC: Inside Science
Human noise affects animal behaviour, studies show The Guardian
Putting a number on biodiversity BBC News
Wild bird impaired by traffic noise BBC The Newsroom
Traffic noise endangers wild birds by making it harder for them to hear alarm calls The Telegraph
Song Learning
Tracking the Vocabulary of Songbirds Seattle Times
Not Your Father's Science News
SongSparrows Learn Song by "Twitter" BBC News
Song Sparrows Learn to Sing Birdnote
The Design of Science: 10 Great Research Graphics Wired
What's in your backyard? How to identify 11 Oregon birds by sound and sight The Oregonian
Other Projects
Cool Jobs: The science of secrets Science News
The Art of Eavesdropping: Nature's Silent Sniffers, Watchers and Listeners Scientific American
Sparrows identify 'troublemakers' from innocent birds BBC Earth News