A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:53:54 GMT

Julie Elie worked out how zebra finches announce who they are, what they are doing and use individual signaturesA scientist who decoded the dictionary that a bird uses to communicate has won a $100,000 prize for making progress towards a world in which humans can talk to the animals – without being met with a blank response.Dr Julie Elie at the University of California, Berkeley, was awarded the 2026 Coller-Dolittle prize for two-way interspecies communication after working out the 11 core calls in the zebra finch vocabulary and their meanings. Continue reading...

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