Today we’re looking at two stories that show how bioacoustics research is helping us better understand the lives of marine mammals and we take a listen to some of the recordings informing that research. Listen here: We’re big fans of bioacoustics here at the Mongabay Newscast it’s a fascinating way to learn about […]
After years of scallop dredging and fish farming, Loch Craignish, a coastal inlet near Argyll, Scotland, was in disrepair. The dredging had destroyed parts of the seafloor, effluent had polluted the water, and the biodiversity was noticeable only by its absence. But in 2020, members of community group Seawilding began to restore the loch by […]
Researchers investigated whether a drone-deployed payload could accurately collect physiochemical data and water samples for large-scale water management.
When marine ecologist Katie Flowers first started conducting research at Glovers Reef Marine Reserve, a marine protected area (MPA) in Belize, she found a thriving population of Caribbean reef sharks. Then, about six years ago, shark numbers started to plummet across the MPA. “We weren’t exactly expecting them to decline,” Flowers of Florida International University […]