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Think Sonoma County, and the picturesque valley and vineyards come to mind. But the locale is also home to rich and incredible biodiversity. Soundscapes to Landscapes, a biodiversity monitoring initiative in the county, aims to document just that. Over the past five years, from mid-spring to late summer here in California wine country, the initiative […]

The ability of audio recorders to gather large amounts of data can make them more efficient than traditional camera-trapping and remote-tracking methodologies, but it’s still too labor-intensive.

Scientific American An online animal catalogue lets you decode communications and other behaviors for everyone’s favorite pachyderm Advertisement When a male African savanna elephant folds his ears while simultaneously waving them, he’s ready for a fight. When a female folds her ears and accompanies the action with an ear flap, that means she’s also issuing a serious threat. But when elephants come together and fold their ears while also rapidly flapping them, the animals are expressing a...