BBC Inside Science — Turtle Voices, a Pandemic Retrospective and a Nose-Picking Primate

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Turtle Voices, a Pandemic Retrospective and a Nose-Picking Primate

BBC Inside Science

New recordings featuring the voices of 53 species of turtle, caecilian and tuatara previously thought to be silent have illuminated the evolutionary origins of vocal communication. Gabriel Jorgevich-Cohen a PhD student at the University of Zurich has travelled the world collecting recordings and summarised his…

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