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Betting big on bioacoustics: Q&A with philanthropist Lisa Yang

Podcast: It's an 'incredibly exciting' time for the field of bioacoustics

by Mike Gaworecki on 16 June 2021 On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we look at why it’s such an “incredibly exciting” time to be involved in the field of conservation bioacoustics and we listen to some new and favorite wildlife recordings, too. Our guest is Laurel Symes, assistant director of the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics at Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology. Symes tells us about how a new $24 million endowment will allow the center to expand its support for bioacoustics research and technology around the world and why this field is poised to make a huge impact on conservation.

Newsletter 2021-06-17

Artificial Intelligence Develops an Ear for Birdsong

Scientific American Machine-learning algorithms can quickly process thousands of hours of natural soundscapes Advertisement We can learn a lot from nature if we listen to it more and scientists around the world are trying to do just that. From mountain peaks to ocean depths, biologists are increasingly planting audio recorders to unobtrusively eavesdrop on the groans, shrieks, whistles and songs of whales, elephants, bats and especially birds. This summer, for example, more than 2,000 electronic ears will record the soundscape of California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, generating nearly a million hours of audio. To avoid spending multiple human lifetimes decoding it, researchers are relying on artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence Develops an Ear for Birdsong

Scientific American Machine-learning algorithms can quickly process thousands of hours of natural soundscapes Advertisement We can learn a lot from nature if we listen to it more and scientists around the world are trying to do just that. From mountain peaks to ocean depths, biologists are increasingly planting audio recorders to unobtrusively eavesdrop on the groans, shrieks, whistles and songs of whales, elephants, bats and especially birds. This summer, for example, more than 2,000 electronic ears will record the soundscape of California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, generating nearly a million hours of audio. To avoid spending multiple human lifetimes decoding it, researchers are relying on artificial intelligence.