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Our book, "Nature Beats" is finally out. It talks all about how we can study rhythm across species and what that can tell us about the evolution of music. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

What drives the attractiveness of different timbres? Both similarity with conspecific vocalization and universal markers of arousal may play a role. In other words: biological aspects of the voice, its structure, and how emotional sounds get produced. online.ucpress.edu/mp/article/d...

Thanks for having me at the workshop, I had a blast! And we have plans to write up something really cool.

I have a new PhD position available on any topic related to musicality or animal communication that aligns well with our current research programs. Deadline March 31: oeaw.ac.at/jobs?jh=795a... For more info about my Musicality and Bioacoustics group: oeaw.ac.at/en/ari/resea...

Looking for a Postdoc position and have a background in bioacoustics and animal cognition? Interested in whether other animals might have something akin to language? Join our team: www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeaw-home...

Previously we showed that female budgerigars like to listen to rhythm 🎵 just like we humans do. In a new study, we showed that male budgerigar courtship song actually has similar rhythmic properties to human music. doi.org/10.1111/nyas...

Do you want to do a PhD at the intersection of machine learning and bioacoustics? Join our team to work on improving bioacoustic assessment and monitoring and/or help decode the complex animal vocalizations such as those from elephants and budgies. career.it-u.at/en/Job/73280

I was happy to have been part of a big team science study for the first time. 🙂 Thanks ManyBirds team!

Do other animals have "rhythm"? It turns out that answering this question is no simple task. Animals produce rhythms for a variety of mechanical reasons (e.g., walking speed, heart beats) without it necessarily implying an understanding of rhythmicity. See our new preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...