Can we figure out animal behaviour by listening to the sounds they produce? In this episode, you’ll hear from scientists who listen closely to wildlife ranging from large mammals to insects.

Wild Frequencies is a three-part mini-series by Mongabay-India, in which wildlife researchers from India share their stories of sounds from the animal world. They decode those wild frequencies for us, one song, one howl, and one chirp at a time.

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Guests: Seema Lokhandwala,  Elephant Acoustic Project Manjari Jain, Associate Professor, Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER, Mohali)

Reported and written by Shreya Dasgupta and Kartik Chandramouli Editing, music, and sound design by Abhijit Shylanath Episode artwork by Hitesh Sonar Recordings of Asian elephants by Elephant Acoustics Project, African savannah elephants by Elephantvoices.org, and cricket by Manjari Jain