Selene’s Scandinavian AdventureA month ago (already!?), I had the amazing opportunity to go to Denmark to an Acoustic Communication Summer Course at SNAK (that stands for Sense organs, Nerve systems, Behavior, and Communication – in Danish). I spent two very full weeks…
- BRP at the Migration Celebration Day 2017
Migration Celebration Day is the biggest annual public engagement event hosted by Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Each year we invite the local and regional communities to visit the Lab and learn about our ongoing science and conservation efforts. On September…
- Welcome Aboard – the R/V Jaeger
You may know that the long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) is a pelagic seabird that spends most of its life offshore; or you may know that “Jäger” is German for “hunter”; you may not know that the research vessel R/V Jaeger…
- The Right Tool for the Job
Acoustic ecology is a complex field, made simpler by the use of equipment that is (1) sturdy, (2) small, (3) portable, and (4) affordable. During my master’s degree, I remember a professor saying that oceanographers prided themselves on sinking heavy…
- Catching up on the latest in bioacoustics
Recently Daniela and I had the exciting opportunity to travel to Omaha, Nebraska, to convene with researchers from all over the world at the 4th International Symposium on Acoustic Communication by Animals.
The symposium brought together the international community of researchers…
