About
They Speak is a listening post for non-human communication. Each entry presents a recently-decoded finding from an animal species not as a paper to read but as something you can hear, sort through, and try to speak back to.
The site is built on public scientific data. The audio is synthesized from real timing data, not recordings — a sonification of structure. The text never claims more than the science does.
New species are added when the underlying research is solid enough to demonstrate, not when it is interesting enough to claim. The list will grow slowly.
Working principles
- Do not claim to translate.
- Do not anthropomorphize.
- Cite the actual paper.
- The gap between hearing and understanding is the point.