New research suggests that it is the local ocean environment and population demographics, and not genetics, that best explains the different lengths and pitches of signature whistles—the unique identifying call akin to ...
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2022
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For researchers studying the acoustic behavior of whales, distinguishing which animal is vocalizing is like a teacher trying to figure out which student responded first when the entire class is calling out the answer. This ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2024
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You might think it'd be easy to track an animal as large as a blue whale. But don't let their size fool you—they're incredibly hard to study using conventional methods.
Plants & Animals
Apr 14, 2023
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Montane forests, known as biodiversity hotspots, are among the ecosystems facing threats from climate change. To comprehend potential impacts of climate change on birds in these forests, researchers set up automatic recorders ...
Ecology
Mar 21, 2023
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Researchers have shown how sounds recorded by low-cost microphones could be used to help track infectious disease risks in the rainforest and in other rapidly changing landscapes.
Ecology
Feb 27, 2023
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A research team from the University of Málaga has validated the use of a system for more accurate detection of compounds in rocks by fusing different types of data obtained with the same laser technology that provides immediate ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 18, 2022
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Seismic and acoustic data recorded 50 meters away from a research nuclear reactor could predict whether the reactor was in an on or off state with 98% accuracy, according to a new study published in Seismological Research ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 16, 2022
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Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have released a unique data set containing more than 5 million raw data points on the movement, behavior, and location of juvenile Chinook salmon as they traveled ...
Ecology
Mar 7, 2022
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The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest animal ever to inhabit Earth. Despite its gargantuan size, many aspects of its biology, behavior and ecology still elude us. This magnificent mammal spends most of its ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2022
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Oceanographers and engineers at the University of California San Diego collaborated to modify a common physical oceanography instrument to be able to image zooplankton as it glides through the ocean.
Earth Sciences
Jan 7, 2019
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