Movim • Dolphin whistle decoders win $100,000 interspecies communication prize

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Dolphin whistle decoders win $100,000 interspecies communication prize

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 15 May 2025

Coller-Dolittle award won by US team for discovering call that triggers avoidance and could be used as alarm signal

A $100,000 prize for communicating with animals has been scooped by researchers who have shed light on the meaning of dolphins’ whistles.

The Coller-Dolittle Prize for Two-way Inter-species Communication was launched last year by the Jeremy Coller Foundation and Tel Aviv University.