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I review a case study of marmots that contributed to the empirical basis of the nonlinearity and fear hypothesis, which explains why certain nonlinear acoustic phenomena (NLP) are produced in extremely high-risk situations and communicate high urgency. In response to detecting predatory threats, yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventer</i>) emit alarm calls and, in some situations, emit fear screams. Prior work on marmots has shown that call production is associated with the degree of risk the caller experiences and that they are individually distinctive. Receivers respond to calls and are sensitive to variation in caller reliability. Calls also contain nonlinear acoustic phenomena. Work has shown that socially isolated animals and those infected with <i>Eimeria</i>, an intestinal parasite, produced 'noisier' calls. However, animals that were likely under greater stress (as measured with faecal glucocorticoid metabolites) produced more structured and less noisy calls. The addition of NLP increases responsiveness in receivers. NLP in alarm calls have modest heritability. Taken together, the study of NLP in marmots has enhanced our understanding of the potential information encoded in alarm calls and is consistent with the hypothesis that variation in NLP production communicates fear, which stimulates work with other species, including humans.This article is part of the theme issue 'Nonlinear phenomena in vertebrate vocalizations: mechanisms and communicative functions'.
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