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What Animal Sounds Can Tell Us

From infrasound to imitation, behavioral biologist Angela Stöger explores how animals like elephants and birds communicate, and why understanding their signals matters. She discusses these questions both in this interview and in a live episode of the podcast "Erklär mir die Welt" during the Long Night of Research 2026.

 10.04.2026
Ein ausgewachsener Elefant und ein Jungtier laufen durch hohes, goldenes Gras in einer Savannenlandschaft.
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Elephants communicate in ways we often cannot hear and do not immediately understand. Like humans, they use their vocal cords, but they also communicate through their trunks and even through low-frequency infrasound calls that can travel across great distances. But how exactly does this communication work, and what can we learn from it? During the Long Night of Research, Angela Stöger will join Andreas Sator for a live episode of the podcast Erklär mir die Welt to discuss animal communication. In this interview, she offers an advance look at her research.

Read the full article in German here

Angela Stöger

Long Night of Research at the OeAW