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  • Studying a cryptic marine mammal species by eDNA

    In the words of The Who, I am reminded of a catchy tune: “Who are you? Who, who, who, who?” As we search for the identity of a mysterious beaked whale, I just can’t help but find this to be…

  • Smoking Hot Data Pipes

    One of the biggest challenges that the Bioacoustics Research Program faces is moving the huge amounts of data that we collect through our processing pipeline. The sidebar lists some of the data sources we currently employ. Soon, we will start…

  • Signal Processing Taking Wing: A BRP Intern’s Perspective

    The summer of 2018 was delightful and carefree. Long hours spent reading in the sun, dining out, and vaguely dreaming of grad school in the spring. However, inevitably, I began to feel restless. I was eager to continue exploring my…

  • Sharing Expertise for a Greater Impact

    The Center for Conservation Bioacoustics (CCB) recently taught a Sound Analysis Workshop in Colombia in partnership with Hector Rivera and his colleagues at the Universidad de Antioquia. The goal of the workshop was to teach graduate students and other researchers…

  • Selene’s Scandinavian Adventure

    A 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…