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  • Acoustic Trivia!

    Animals produce a remarkable diversity of sounds that can be used to study their distribution, abundance, and behavior. The team at CCB has put together a 16 question acoustic trivia game that features some of the most unique or ecologically…

  • The Effects of an Unexpected Pause for Marine Soundscapes in Alaska

    In yet another casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic, Earth Day parades and Science Marches were cancelled this year as people globally were instructed to stay home. In this monumental moment, humans are experiencing an unprecedented change in how they interact…

  • Using Artificial Intelligence to Study Natural Environments

    This katydid is one small component of the Panamanian soundscape. AI can be used to detect and study animals from insects to elephants. (Photo: Christian Ziegler). In rainforests many animals are nearly invisible, but not all are silent. Rainforests click,…

  • Figure 5. HALO team up on the flying bridge; Observers clockwise from the lower left: Leigh Torres, Marissa Garcia, Craig Hayslip, Miranda Mayhall, Holger Klinck.
    The First Voyage of the HALO Project

    There is nothing quite like the excitement of starting a fresh project, and the newly organized Holistic Assessment of Living marine resources off the Oregon coast (HALO) project team was alive with it on 8 October as we prepared our various elements of research gear aboard the R/V Pacific Storm in the Newport bayfront.

  • 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!