Over 20 species of geographically and phylogenetically diverse bird species produce convergent whining vocalizations towards their respective brood parasites. Model presentation and playback experiments across multiple continents suggest that these learned calls provoke an innate response even among allopatric species.

To better understand what matters for building a generalizable bioacoustic encoder, we tested 19 models across 26 datasets and a new evaluation benchmark. Our main finding is that a two-stage training...

After more than 20 years, the Critically Endangered Jerdon’s Courser has been documented again.

The experience of watching your groceries slide across a supermarket checkout counter is almost universal. In this everyday process, an electronic device scans the barcode and identifies each…