Dimitri Ponirakis
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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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Joined April 2007
Whale Migration Patterns Affected by Ocean Noise - https://t.co/rhcMpXWAuI
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Learn how rising ocean noise levels are causing significant delays in whale migration and affecting their navigation abilities.
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[Animal-do-gam] Killer whales and dolphins cooperate in a novel salmon hunting strategy - DongA Science
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Killer whales and dolphins, typically a predator-prey pair, have been observed cooperating to hunt salmon. This is the first documented case of cooperative hunting between killer whales and dolphins.
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When Vampire Bats Become Best Friends, They Start Sounding Alike - A-Z Animals
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A new study reveals that vampire bats mimic each other's calls if they are close friends, suggesting they have deeper social learning.
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A sound defense: Noisy pupae puff away potential predators | EurekAlert!
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Insect pupae hiss like snakes for defense. A Kobe University team now reveals the mechanisms, opening the door to further studies involving predator reactions to defensive sounds.
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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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Group tracks sounds beneath Bay Area waters to protect whales from ships
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Despite a dramatic rise in whale deaths in the Bay Area — with 2025 already surpassing any year in the past-quarter century — acoustic monitoring of marine mammals in and around the Bay…
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Covid 2020: The year of the quiet ocean
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During the lockdowns of 2020, global shipping was severely restricted and ocean noise pollution all but ceased. Instead the songs of fish filled the sea.
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Recent @MethodsEcolEvol blog: What’s That Sound? A New Way to Explore Freshwater Soundscapes. https://t.co/ZaRFcySA3h
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Meet the B.C. residents hosting whale detection devices on their properties | CBC News
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From infrared thermal cameras to hydrophones, these B.C. residents offered up space on their properties as researchers look to help safeguard marine mammals.
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AI Reveals Lions Don’t Just Roar, They Have a Second Call - Neuroscience News
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A new study reveals African lions produce two types of roars, overturning long-held assumptions and opening the door to more precise wildlife monitoring.
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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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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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‘Cow/Deer’: An Acoustic Journey into the Animal World and a Question of Justice - https://t.co/nt6Y3S8Khw
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Now playing at the National Theatre of Greece, the acclaimed production that premiered in London turns listening into a radical act, shifting the focus from speech to the living world around us
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