Welcome Aboard – the R/V JaegerYou 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…
- Visitors: Winter, Spring, Summer 2025
We collaborate with many national and international researchers in the field of bioacoustics. As part of these collaborations, we regularly host students and other scientists in Ithaca, NY. This season we’ve had visitors from Germany, Norway, Colombia, and England!
- Visitors: Summer & Autumn 2024
This season has been busy, with over 13 visiting students and early career researchers (including our first cohort of Katie Payne Fellows) from Brazil, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa), Indonesia, Norway, Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), Scotland, and Spain!
- Using Artificial Intelligence to Study Natural Environments
In rainforests many animals are nearly invisible, but not all are silent. Rainforests click, whirr, and hum with the sound of life. Like heartbeats offer clues to doctors, these sounds convey endless information about the life of forests, capturing the…
- 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…
