A type of African electrical fish sends short electrical bursts into the water — and scientists were able to distinguish the difference between the male and female waveforms as duets were conducted.

When listening to a well-practiced speaker, like during a lecture, a political event or during a favorite public radio show, you may notice they use pauses for dramatic effect. This type of nuance in ...

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 4, No. 4 (1979), pp. 381-393 (13 pages) 1. The electrical interactions of a pair of Gymnotus carapo of known dominance relationship were studied in a large ...

Did you know that fish can talk? Well, sort of, anyway. To be more specific, some fish make sounds that, according to a new study published in Ichthyology and Herpetology, are used in patterns that ...

University of Guelph provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Guelph provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Biologists study the social behaviour ...

Teleost fish employ a sophisticated suite of acoustic signals that underlie key reproductive behaviours. Research over recent decades has revealed that these vocalisations are mediated by specialised ...