Julie Elie has been studying zebra finch vocalizations for years. Now, she has won the Coller-Dolittle Prize for progress toward a world where humans can talk to animals

Julie Elie worked out how zebra finches announce who they are, what they are doing and use individual signatures

A researcher has earned a $100,000 prize for decoding bird communication, paving the way for potential human-animal conversations through groundbreaking linguistic insights.

Julie Elie has been studying zebra finch vocalizations for years. Now, she has won the Coller-Dolittle Prize for progress toward a world where humans can talk to animals

AI is helping scientists decode birdsong, revealing a shared vocabulary in zebra finches and bringing human–animal communication closer than ever.

A groundbreaking scientist has earned a $100,000 prize for unraveling the communication system of birds, paving the way for potential human-animal conversations in the future.