Plants can sense the sound of rain. Research found that the sound of falling droplets effectively shook the seeds out of a dormant state, stimulating them to germinate at a faster rate compared with seeds that were not exposed to the same sound vibrations.

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People with no training were able to reliably detect animal vocalisations in natural soundscapes, with detections increasing in equatorial habitats, around sunrise and sunset, and during wetter periods—patterns that mirror global biodiversity and animal activity cycles.

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🔬 Listening to Wildlife: A study involving 11,520 soundscape samples found that humans could moderately/well detect animal sounds. Detection was better in equatorial areas, at sunrise/sunset, and during heavy rain.

📊 Habitat Matters: The study suggests listeners use "spectro-temporal modulation cues" to identify animal sounds, with habitat openness (savannah/desert vs. forests) being a key factor influencing these cues.

🌍 Ecological Insights: The research highlights how natural environments influence our ability to hear animal calls, potentially due to how animals produce sounds in their habitats or how sound travels.

#AnimalSounds #Ecology #Bioacoustics

Scientists in France say they have discovered the building blocks of the incredible diversity of birdsong - A team analysed more than100,000 songs from 3,000 bird species and revealed that they are all composed of eight fundamental types of sound that the researchers call "motifs".

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UMass biologists discover what may be the world's loudest birds | Evolutionary drivers of vocal amplitude in birds

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