Bioacoustics

April 5, 2024

Hear Amazon’s call for conservation through bioacoustics. In the heart of South America lies the Amazon Rainforest, a crucial component of the Earth’s ecological balance. Spanning across nine countries and covering over 5.5 million square kilometers, the Amazon is not…

September 7, 2023

The Amazon rainforest in South America is one of the world’s largest and most dense, but it is disappearing at an alarming rate. Estimates from researchers indicate that approximately 18% of the Amazon rainforest has been completely lost, while an…

September 6, 2023

An animal skitters through the heavy underbrush of the Colombian forest in the dark of night. Hidden deep in the brush is a camera trap that quickly snaps a picture. An AI tool called MegaDetector identifies and classifies the results,…

April 21, 2020

Acoustic monitoring has gained widespread interest as an ecological tool for wildlife population assessment, conservation, and biodiversity research. Many species emit regular vocalizations or other acoustic signals that are species-specific, which enables monitoring via sound recognition. Advances in automated acoustic…

March 24, 2020

Scientists partnered with tech industry experts to develop the first machine learning application for acoustic monitoring of Alaskan beluga whales. An innovative machine learning application will help scientists collect information essential to protect and recover the endangered Cook Inlet beluga…

March 10, 2020

In the U.S., there are five populations of beluga whales, all in Alaska. Of those five, the Cook Inlet population is the smallest and has declined by about seventy-five percent since 1979. Subsistence hunting contributed to this initial population drop,…

February 19, 2020

When Erin Moreland set out to become a research zoologist, she envisioned days spent sitting on cliffs, drawing seals and other animals to record their lives for efforts to understand their activities and protect their habitats. Instead, Moreland found herself…