Posted by: Sandy Steinman | July 27, 2026

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

The Guardian reported

A scientist who decoded the vocalisations 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 the27 vocabulary and their meanings.

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