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Jamie Macaulay

@jam_machund

Nov 16, 2022

The latest #PAMGuard reads sud files!

@OceanInstrument

#SoundTrap sud files can now be processed just like normal sound files without decompressing. It works in normal & viewer mode, also extracts on-device click detections & is super fast. Made by

@_SMRU_

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PAMGuard

@Pamguard_org

Nov 16, 2022

PAMGuard version 2.02.06 is now available at pamguard.org. Two important fixes of memory leaks, and new functionality allowing the direct reading of SoundTrap SUD files.

Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin

@ariSPeshkin

Nov 14, 2022

⭐️OPEN PHD POSITION: Communication & collective action in spotted hyenas⭐️ Come work with us to analyze high-res GPS, audio, & IMU data from an entire hyena clan, currently being collected

@MaraHyenas

! Apply by 16 Dec 2022: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/54728/PhD-Posi

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Nov 9, 2022

How huge are sperm whales? Now we know thanks to work by

@mglarou

and team!

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Maria Glarou

@mglarou

Nov 9, 2022

How to weigh a sperm whale without a scale? Check out our latest #openaccess article published in #MarineMammalScience:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11 @marinemammalogy Many thanks to @FChristiansen83 & our collaborators at @DomWhale, Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute, @ATursiops

oceanscienceanalytics.com

Jamie Macaulay

@jam_machund

Oct 27, 2022

Very happy to have our first open source #PAMGuard tutorial online on how to analyse

@OceanInstrument

SoundTrap data. Thanks to

@Compass_MPA

for the example data and

@oceansanalytics

for hosting. Try it out👇👇(scroll to bottom).

Bioacoustic Resources

Can I Have A Word on CKCU

Today:

, and

joins to talk about sperm whales, their language, and their culture. And makes me want to go to Dominica. 4pm on

@CKCUFM

or stream it now: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/507/5

PNASNews

@PNASNews

Sep 21, 2022

A study finds that certain acoustic communication signals—“identity codas”—function as symbolic markers of cultural identity among Pacific Ocean sperm whale clans. In

@PopSci

: ow.ly/pFjc50KO4Or In PNAS: ow.ly/2pPT50KO4Oq

Sep 8, 2022

Sperm whale researchers from across the #Pacific team up to understand how cultural clans of whales broadcast their identity! We’ll done

and team!

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Taylor Hersh

Sep 8, 2022

1/10) Very happy to announce that our new paper is out in @PNASNews! We show evidence that sperm whale clans in the Pacific Ocean use identity codas as symbolic markers of vocal clan identity. Read the paper at: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2

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Aug 31, 2022

Great new science from Dr.

and her team about the sperm whale clans in the Eastern #Caribbean

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Royal Society Publishing

@RSocPublishing

Aug 31, 2022

Ocean nomads or island specialists? Culturally driven habitat partitioning contrasts in scale between geographically isolated sperm whale populations: ow.ly/mupS50Kl3GO @_fvachon @taylorahersh @_lrendell @sgero #RSOS #ecology

Jun 28, 2022

New view, same whale families! Stay tuned for the adventures of the

Project CETI and 3 others

summer season #MangoHouse

CETIfellowshipDominica

@Cetifellowship

Jun 8, 2022

On #WorldOceansDay, Project CETI Dominica teams up with local artist omtni president of kubuliarts to raise awareness about the importance of the ocean and the biodiversity therein.

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CETIfellowshipDominica

@Cetifellowship

Jun 2, 2022

Project CETI Dominica's Marine Conservation Fellowship We have extended the deadline to the 20th June, 2022.

Jeremy J. Kiszka

@jjkiszka

May 20, 2022

Yesterday sperm whales were definitely enjoying sargassum a lot off st Vincent!

Watch this video to learn about results of

sperm whale surveys across the Lesser Antilles

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Felicia Vachon

Video abstract by the very talented @SackettMeredith (@art4ascientist )

: youtube.com/watch?v=fyE5kc

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Felicia’s amazing work showing the way that spent whale clans in the eastern Caribbean have smaller home ranges and prefer specific islands!

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Felicia Vachon

First PhD chapter published in RS Open Science! with @taylorahersh @_lrendell @sgero and H.Whitehead! "Ocean nomads or island specialists? Culturally driven habitat partitioning contrasts in scale between geographically isolated sperm whale populations" royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs

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Alex Boersma

@AlexBoersma_Art

Apr 22, 2022

We made a thing! “The Whale Who Swam Through Time” explores the 200-year life of a bowhead whale, and the changing arctic environment that surrounds here. This latest collab w/

@PyensonLab

was truly a dream project, and I can’t wait to share it! Preorder: barnesandnoble.com/w/the-whale-wh

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Apr 6, 2022

All of the whale families we study are on

@Flukebook

. If you are in #Dominica and take pictures of the whales, please contribute by sharing your pictures through Flukebook. Your pictures could help to better understand the whale families movements and habitat use!

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Flukebook

@Flukebook

Apr 6, 2022

We have finally formalized Flukebook in a published methods paper in Mammalian Biology Special Issue: link.springer.com/article/10.100 We’ll done @WildMeORG!!

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National Geographic

@NatGeo

#WorldWhaleDay: Meet Explorer Shane Gero, who hopes to create a new dialogue around the conservation of whale populations that is about more than just numbers on.natgeo.com/3h3CuzW

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As part of

's efforts to understand sperm whale communication, our Exploration Technology Lab is developing a custom Crittercam that will capture advanced low-light video of sperm whale behavior! #WorldWhaleDay

Whales have been great stewards of the ocean environment for more than 30 million years, & our understanding of them has only touched the surface. 🐋 Follow

& #NatGeoExplorers David Gruber,

, & Robert Wood on their journey to decode whale communication.

Did you know?

(Cetacean Translation Initiative) is using advanced machine learning and gentle robotics to interpret the communication of one of the world’s most enigmatic ocean species: the sperm whale! #WorldWhaleDay Photos by Amanda Cotton

Feb 9, 2022

Excited for this chat with

@AllPlanets

and

@EllenGarland4

next week! Don’t forget to register!

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Next #SETITalks event: Whales, their song, their culture Tue, Feb 15, 11:00 AM PST We invited @EllenGarland4 and @sgero to describe their research and discuss the culture of whales, the understanding of their song, and @ProjectCETI. Register to attend: buff.ly/3IZSlvB

SETI Talks - Whales, their song, their culture: another intelligence on Earth

Feb 4, 2022

This is going to really fun! Join

@EllenGarland4

and

@SETIInstitute

and I for a chat about whales:

seti.org

Note: Registration is required to participate in the live event Whales have been on this planet for longer than humans have walked upright. Are they intelligent? Linguists contend that even the most...

Comparison of Three Individual Identification Algorithms for Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus)...

Jake Levenson

@JacobLevenson

Jan 2, 2022

Nice seeing this collaboration betweeen

Comparison of Three Individual Identification Algorithms for Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) after Automated Detection

biorxiv.org

Photo-identification of individual sperm whales ( Physeter macrocephalus ) is the primary technique for mark-recapture-based population analyses for the species The visual appearance of the fluke —...

Ellen Garland

@EllenGarland4

Dec 13, 2021

Excited for our new paper out today in

@RSocPublishing

: ‘When does cultural evolution become cumulative culture? A case study of humpback whale song’ with

doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2

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Jake Levenson

@JacobLevenson

Oct 31, 2021

Just as a reminder, here’s the temperature change in Dominica since 1901. #showyourstripes

Are We on the Verge of Chatting with Whales? | Hakai Magazine

succeeds, it would be the first time that we actually understand what animals are talking about.

An ambitious project is attempting to interpret sperm whale clicks with artificial intelligence, then talk back to them.

’s research on whale culture is incredible! Shane also worked closely with fellow Explorer

@brianskerry

and

@jimcameron

on #SecretsOfTheWhales, which just received an #Emmy award! Congrats to all, and thanks for inspiring compassion for whales 🐋

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NowThis

@nowthisnews

Sep 10, 2021

Want to learn about culture and community? Just ask a sperm whale, says @InsideNatGeo's Shane Gero

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Red Rock Films

@RedRockFilms

Sep 12, 2021

We won!!! “Secrets of the Whales” was awarded the Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series. Thank you

@TelevisionAcad

and the entire team that made this happen. ❤️ #EmmyWinner2021 #SecretsoftheWhales

Disney+

@DisneyPlus

Sep 12, 2021

Congratulations to the creative teams behind #SecretsOfTheWhales on their #Emmy win. #Emmys2021

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Animal cultures matter for conservation

Sep 13, 2021

And now the hard work of translating the science into action and policy by brining culture into conservation frameworks that account for these crucial differences in communities. And protect the diversity within species beyond genetics! science.org/doi/abs/10.112

@IUCNCetaceanSG

science.org

Understanding the rich social lives of animals benefits international conservation efforts

National Geographic Society and 7 others

Sep 13, 2021

Wow! From our science to an #Emmy Award! Congratulations to all that made this series! I am so proud my research help to launch this incredible storytelling and could share the lives of these amazing animals with so many!! #Emmys2021 #EmmyAwards

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NowThis

@nowthisnews

Sep 10, 2021

Want to learn about culture and community? Just ask a sperm whale, says

's Shane Gero

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Taylor Hersh

Sep 1, 2021

Our research made the cover of

@MethodsEcolEvol

! 🎉🐳🎉

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/2041210x/2

@_lrendell

Aug 21, 2021

Great shot of Canopener by

@Brian_Skerry

. You can learn more about her family and the other whales off #Dominica at thespermwhaleproject.org

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Nat Geo Education

@NatGeoEducation

Aug 20, 2021

"The ocean is a mighty harmonist." — William Wordsworth

: Brian Skerry

BMMRO

@BMMRO

Jul 26, 2021

Check out our new manuscript on how slower ship speeds in the Bahamas during COVID-19 reduced ocean noise levels; frontiersin.org/articles/10.33

Congrats to

and

for their

#Emmys Nomination! And to all the biologists whose science helps to tell the whales’ stories And of course the whales whose amazing lives are the inspiration for it all!!

Taylor Hersh

May 31, 2021

1/7) Thrilled to share that

@_lrendell

, Hal, and I have a new #openaccess paper out in

@MethodsEcolEvol

! We created a new method for detecting potential biological structure in acoustic datasets using #identitycalls. You can read the paper at: doi.org/10.1111/2041-2

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