Nicolas Mathevon

Behavioral ecology: Striped mice speak up The social behaviors of mice have been a focus of laboratory research for over a century. A new study trades the lab for the coastal shrublands of Sou…

Very cool article by @nickjourjine.bsky.social featuring our paper on acoustic communication networks in the African striped mouse, published in @currentbiology.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🙏🙏 @nickjourjine.bsky.social!

Ultrasonic signals support a large-scale communication landscape in wild mice. See our paper here:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Had a blast writing about this new @currentbiology.bsky.social study from @leo-perrier.bsky.social, Lény Lego et al. on African striped mice

The paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

Dispatch with some context about why it's so cool: authors.elsevier.com/a/1luVG3QW8S...

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The International Bioacoustics Society is on Bluesky!
@ibacsocial.bsky.social

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Thanks to @dmennill.bsky.social & dozens of other fantastic colleagues, the International Master of Bioacoustics MOBI at the Univ of St-Etienne is a very unique training program (and so cheap compared to overseas - 1400 € for the whole year!). Info here: www.masterofbioacoustics.com
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Love songs and battle cries: vocal duetting behaviour in tropical wrens. Today was my final lecture of the 2025 International Master's of Bioacoustics program. It was a chance to proudly share our collaborative 22-year study of #bioacoustics in Rufous-and-white Wrens. @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social

Thank you Dan for coming at the MOBI! It has been a pleasure to host you. See you next year, hopefully.

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Today in the International Master's of Bioacoustics program: Prof. Livio Favaro on sound production in birds. Prof. Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard on hearing in reptiles. And Prof. Michael Greenfield on rhythmic calling in animals. What an education! @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social

Vocal learning in wild birds! Today I spoke about our collaborative studies of Savannah Sparrows. Followed by great talks by Alex Kirschel, David Wheatcroft, Julie Elie, and Frédéric Theunissen. An information-rich day in Ste. Etienne. Thank you @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social

It's "Birds and Reptiles Week" in the International Master's of Bioacoustics program. This week we're on campus at Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne. Today we had great lectures and workshops from Profs. Nicolas Mathevon, Ole Larsen, and Magnus Wahlberg. @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social

What babies’ cries really tell us – and why maternal instinct is a myth Is it possible to interpret babies’ cries in order to understand their needs accurately?

What is it a baby cry for? Is the baby hungry? In pain? Lonely? Or simply uncomfortable? This article challenges many of our most cherished beliefs and offer a new, evidence-based framework for understanding this fundamental form of human communication.

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Our week of field-based learning has finished with a beautiful sunset, a campfire lecture, and a starry night. And a shockingly hard acoustic quiz. Can you differentiate a screaming deer, a creaking door, and a shrieking Nazgul? Next week: bird & reptile week on campus. @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social

How mice extend short-range ultrasound for public announcements Mice often communicate in ultrasound, which is so high-pitched that it's beyond human hearing. Because these sounds don't travel very far, it was thought that they were only used for private, close-up...

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Day 4 at La Maison de L'Eau for the International Master's of Bioacoustics program. An interesting tinkerbird lecture by
Alex Kirschel. Studies of sound recording and filtering with Jérémy Rouch. And the beginning of semester-long independent projects. @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social

30 meters... 60 meters... 120 meters... Students recording white noise, bird songs, and sheep bleats at increasing distances from a loudspeaker on Day 3 of the International Master's of Bioacoustics course. @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social

Day 3 of the International Master's of Bioacoustics program. Today we conducted a sound transmission experiment in the fields and forests around La Maison de l'Eau in Le Pilat. And we dove deeply into the measurement and representation of sound. @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social

Day 2 of the International Master's of Bioacoustics program. We set up Motus Audio recorders to survey migrants and I delivered a lecture on bioacoustic monitoring of migration, among other great sessions. It was a great day of indoor and outdoor learning. @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social l

What babies’ cries really tell us – and why maternal instinct is a myth Is it possible to interpret babies’ cries in order to understand their needs accurately?

theconversation.com/what-babies-...

Bioacoustics Winter School | ENES lab

Bioacoustics Winter School - January 2026
Time to apply! 👇Program and application form👇

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Day 1 of the International Master's of Bioacoustics program. Opening lectures, field-based recording, and a hike in Le Pilat... A great start to the fifth class of the MoBi program.
www.masterofbioacoustics.com
@nicolasmathevon.bsky.social

🐀 ultrasonic vocalizations be wildin' 🐀

@nicolasmathevon.bsky.social etc al. use @openacousticdevices.info to study how striped mice use USVs in the wild, new in @currentbiology.bsky.social

See graphical abstract for summary of results (does the work for us 😇) 👇

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#prattle 💬

International Master of Bioacoustics Home page of the International Master of Bioacoustics

See you on Monday in the field! MOBI 1st week!
www.masterofbioacoustics.com

Great paper that uses @openacousticdevices.info AudioMoth and neural network models to record and analyse the ultrasonic calls of wild mice.

Ultrasonic signals support a large-scale communication landscape in wild mice. 👇 New paper by the ENES Bioacoustics Research Team in @currentbiology.bsky.social

authors.elsevier.com/a/1llMH3QW8S...

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Songs of the striped mouse show who’s friend and who’s foe Ultrasonic calls, too high for the human ear to detect, convey a wealth of information across the rodent’s territory.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Des souris sauvages révèlent leur langage caché ....ou comment des ultrasons de courte portée créent un réseau de communication sophistiqué

#ResultatScientifique🔎| Des scientifiques révèlent que les souris sauvages utilisent des ultrasons pour communiquer à grande échelle et défendre leurs territoires 🐭
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