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Bioacoustician, working at Cornell University. Main area of interest is looking at the impact of Anthropogenic Noise on Marine Life @dwponirakis.bsky.social

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Vampire bats adjust their vocalizations to strengthen social bonds according to a recent study - Noticias Ambientales
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A study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences demonstrated that common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) modify
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Meows encode less individual information than purrs and show greater variability in domestic than in wild cats | Scientific Reports
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Scientific Reports - Meows encode less individual information than purrs and show greater variability in domestic than in wild cats
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Arming the Battle Against Illegal Poaching with Technology, Scientists Can Now Detect Gunshots with Acoustic Sensors and Neural Networks - The Debrief
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Scientists have tapped into the power of neural networks to detect and locate gunshots connected to poaching with a web of acoustic sensors.
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New tech helps scientists ID fish species by sound
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Half of the species were previously thought not to emit sound at all.
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Recent @MethodsEcolEvol blog: What’s That Sound? A New Way to Explore Freshwater Soundscapes. https://t.co/ZaRFcySA3h #JournalSpotlight
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Road noise may give solace to squirrels - The Wildlife Society
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Researchers finds that gray squirrels may actually seek out busy highways
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Researchers issue warning after noticing concerning shift in owl behavior: 'Some don't make it'
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A team from William & Mary University is studying the changed behavior of the barred owl amid increasing urbanization.
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‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic | Whales | The Guardian
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Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vessels
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Dimitri Ponirakis
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In Washington, Birds Are Giving ‘Yelp Reviews’ of Forest Restoration Work - The New York Times
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A collective of land trusts, conservancies and tribes is capturing birdsong with audio gear and A.I. for clues about habitat health.
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On the Record - The extraordinary world of underwater sound - DIVE Magazine
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As a collection of rare recordings of whale song from the Natural History Museum’s archives is digitised for the first…
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Sound symbolism facilitates interspecies communication between humans and domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) | Scientific Reports
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Scientific Reports - Sound symbolism facilitates interspecies communication between humans and domestic dogs (Canis familiaris)
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