Marco Maiolini

🎶 The Season 1 finale of Acoustic World is here! 👶🏻 A lullaby sung to a baby, or a sentence whispered in the dark. We call one music and the other language. But how different are they, really? In this final episode, I speak with @patrickesavage.bsky.social about their deep connections.

🎤 Assistant Professor Michelle Spierings of Leiden University is ready to help us understand "the hidden rules of sound," uncovering how the brain organizes acoustic signals into structures before meaning and communication even begin. Because the World has always spoken, we just need to listen.

🐋 What happens when you live where there's no light at all? Professor Natacha Aguilar de Soto of @megamargroup.bsky.social takes us into the deep ocean to explore how deep-diving cetaceans use echolocation to navigate, hunt, and survive, and how we are interfering with these remarkable adaptations.

🐬 A whistle in the vastness of the ocean, searching for someone specific. Have you ever wondered whether dolphins actually call each other by name? Professor Vincent Janik from the University of St Andrews explores signature whistles and what they reveal about dolphin societies. 🧵👇

🐘 Ever heard an elephant’s rumble across the savannah? What if we told you that’s only part of the story? 🎤 Prof. @angelastoeger.bsky.social explains how elephants use infrasound, low-frequency signals humans can’t hear, their secret language to stay connected across vast distances.

🎶 From gentle lullabies to driving rhythms, music is the heartbeat of human life. Do you want to know if music is truly universal and shared across cultures? 🎤 Assistant Professor @norijacoby.bsky.social of @cornelluniversity.bsky.social is helping uncover what makes music unique and universal.

🍂 Ever watched an insect climbing a stem in complete silence and wondered what’s happening? 🎤 In our latest episode, Ass. Prof. Rachele Nieri from the University of Trento introduces us to biotremology: how insects communicate through substrate vibrations—tiny signals like miniature earthquakes.

🗣️ From speech and song to a sudden shout, the human voice carries words, emotion, and identity. But what biological design makes it all possible? 🎤 Professor @tecumsehfitch.bsky.social explores the “architecture of sound,” revealing how vocal systems across species shape the sounds they produce.

🦇 Ever caught a glimpse of a bat darting through the night with precision? What if sound is all they need to navigate and connect? 🚀 🎤 @berlinbatlab.bsky.social Mirjam Knörnschild (Evolutionary Ethology Lab, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin) explores echolocation, social calls & even bat dialects.

🌿 Ever noticed that ecosystems are full of sounds? What if those sounds could help us count species, without even being there? 🎤 Assistant Prof. Jeppe Rasmussen (@biologen.bsky.social), University of Copenhagen, explores passive acoustic monitoring and how AI lets us “listen” to entire ecosystems.

🚋 You may have heard the trembling voice of someone anxious or the jolly tone of a friend sharing good news. Are you curious to know if animals also express their emotions through their voices? [...]

🎤 Associate Professor @ebriefer.bsky.social of the University of Copenhagen is ready to help us understand the "sound of emotions," uncovering how we can measure feelings in the animal kingdom. [...]

🎸 You may have heard a piercing scream in a horror movie or a deep growl in a metal track. Are you curious to know why these harsh sounds are so difficult to ignore?

🎤 Prof. David Reby of the Univ. of Saint Etienne is ready to help us understand these non-linear acoustic phenomena, uncovering the secrets behind the sounds that grab our attention. 🔊 Listen to the episode to understand how these unique vocalizations are produced and what information they encode.

🐟 You may have often heard the phrase "silent like a fish". Are you curious to know if the underwater world is actually as quiet as it seems, or if there is a secret conversation happening beneath the surface? [...] #acousticworld #bioacoustics #podcast #fishcommunication #underwaterworld

🎤 Associate Prof. Clara Amorim of the University of Lisbon is ready to help us understand the world of fish communication, unveiling how these creatures are surprisingly chatty. 🔊 Listen to the episode to discover how different species emit sounds and what their communication is about.

🦜You may have heard a parrot talk or a songbird singing a beautiful song. Are you curious to know how they can do that? 🎤 Professor Emeritus Carel Ten Cate of @unileiden.bsky.social is ready to help us understand the vocal learning world, uncovering an incredible story of a particular animal. [...]

🔊 Listen to the episode to understand how fascinating and deep the research of these unbelievable birds is. Because the World has always spoken, we just need to listen. 🎧 Listen on Spotify, Spreaker and Apple Podcasts #acousticworld #bioacoustics #podcast #hoovertheseal #animalcommunication

🦜You may have heard a parrot talk or a songbird singing a beautiful song. Are you curious to know how they can do that? 🎤 Professor Emeritus Carel Ten Cate of Leiden University is ready to help us understand the world of vocal learning, uncovering an incredible story of a particular animal. [...]

🔊 Listen to the episode to understand how fascinating and deep the research of these unbelievable birds is. Because the World has always spoken, we just need to listen. 🎧 Listen on Spotify, Spreaker and Apple Podcasts #acousticworld #bioacoustics #podcast #hoovertheseal #animalcommunication

❓ Have you ever wondered if a baby’s cry means something? And do great apes have something similar? 🎤 Join us as Professor Florence Levrero of the University of Saint-Etienne casts a light on babies’ cries and great apes’ vocalization. [...]

🔊 Listen to the episode to discover similarities and differences between the human and the ape world, and maybe you will even get the key to understanding what a baby’s cry may mean! #acousticworld #bioacoustics #podcast #babycry #animalcommunication #apes