🔉 Major FishSounds Website Update!! The beta version of the new FishSounds.net is live now and will be finalized over the next month. Most of the updates won’t necessarily be noticeable on first glance, so a few of the more consequential changes are outlined below. 🧵1/7

First fish sounds recorded in the Southern Ocean by FishSounds friend, Fannie Shabangu, et al.! doi.org/10.1002/rse2... Since our first review didn't identify any soniferous fishes from the Antarctic, we are so happy that folks are exploring this great unknown in fish #bioacoustics!

Rhyming in the cold: first evidence of soniferous fishes in the Southern Ocean

The acoustic ecology of Southern Ocean fishes remains unknown due to a lack of dedicated acoustic research on the fishes of this ocean. Passive acoustic monitoring data were collected at the South Af....

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Our @wildlabs.bsky.social Boring Fund updates are coming along well! Here's a demo of what our recording search pages will soon look like, including the ability to switch between simple and advanced search functions as well as acoustic measurements to help with filtering!

FishSounds@fishsounds.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Just wanted to share a sneak preview of what our recording visualizations will soon look like, thanks to the support of the @wildlabs.bsky.social Boring Fund! We'll also soon be adding new search features, data updates, and other changes, so stay tuned for more exciting news!

Just wanted to share a sneak preview of what our recording visualizations will soon look like, thanks to the support of the @wildlabs.bsky.social Boring Fund! We'll also soon be adding new search features, data updates, and other changes, so stay tuned for more exciting news!

📣 New Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics Seminar next week! Join us to learn about the ecology and neuroscience of soniferous fish from Audrey Looby and Brooke Vetter 🐟🐠🐡 @FishSounds.bsky.social #bioacoustics #neuroskyence #prattle 💬 🗓️ January 30th, 12:30 ET ✅ Register here: www.braincoustics.com

If you've been enjoying FishSounds Educate, check out Frontiers for Young Minds for more kid-friendly science papers, including our new article on how sounds affect marine invertebrates!

Hailey Davies@haileyldavies.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Excited to share that our article is out in Frontiers for Young Minds! The peer review process with bright young scientists was a definitely highlight ✨🙂 Noisy Waters: How Sounds Affect Marine Invertebrates🪼🚢🦀🎵 Full article here: doi.org/10.3389/frym...

One of our FishSounds co-leads, Audrey Looby, recently talked to the Tumble Science Podcast for Kids and answered the question "What sounds do fish make?" 🎵🐠 Listen to find out here: www.sciencepodcastforkids.com/single-post/...

What Sounds do Fish Make? | Tumble Episode

Ever wondered what a fish sounds like? Spoiler: it’s way more interesting than “blub blub blub.” In this episode of Tumble Science Podcast for Kids, we explore the strange and hilarious noises that fi...

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🐟🔊 New publication about all the exciting additions we made to FishSounds throughout versions 2 and 3: doi.org/10.1111/geb....! Since then, we've added even more recordings thanks to the FishEye Collaborative, and we have a lot more planned for next year!

We are incredibly grateful to WILDLABS for selecting us for this award, which will help us conduct the "boring" but critical task of adding visualizations and metadata to make recordings more easily searchable on FishSounds.net! 🎵🐠❤️

WILDLABS Community@wildlabs.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🏆Meet the winners of the Boring Fund 2025! After five weeks of careful review and deliberation, the WILDLABS team and @developer.arm.com has selected the 10 projects that will receive support for essential conservation technology work. Meet them here: wildlabs.net/article/anno...

🐟New Publication🔉 We found that strategies for conserving at-risk fishes in Canada rarely consider acoustics. We propose that integrating fish sonifery and noise pollution into Canadian policies would improve species management and conservation efforts. Read more at doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...!

🔉🐸🐟🦐🪲 Got freshwater sounds? Consider contributing to the Freshwater Sounds Archive! We're accepting submissions until the end of this year, and all contributors can co-author the resulting data paper. Learn more at fishsounds.net/freshwater.js and www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...!

Jack Greenhalgh@wildaudiojack.bsky.social · last yr.

Contribute to the first global archive of soniferous freshwater life, The Freshwater Sounds Archive, and receive recognition as a co-author in a resulting data paper! Pre-print now available. New deadline: 31st Dec, 2025. See link 👇4 more fishsounds.net/freshwater.js

Excited to share this new gorgeous science-informed kids book all about fish sounds! Our team is grateful for the opportunity to consult on the book and can't wait to use it during outreach events ❤️ 🐠 🔉

Kirsten Pendreigh@kirstenpendreigh.bsky.social · last yr.

Listen to WHAT FISH ARE SAYING!! 🐟🐠🦐 #fish #oceans #reefs #kidlit #nonfiction Thanks to Dr. Tim Lamont at Lancaster U for sharing this fun mix of fish sounds!

Do you have some recordings / want to be a part of the study? Follow the instructions via @fishsounds.bsky.social (see below), submit your recordings, and become a co-author on the final mauscript. fishsounds.net/freshwater.js

Pre-print out today: The Freshwater Sounds Archive! The world's first species-specific sound library for underwater freshwater species' sounds. - 61 entries - 35 contributors - 16 countries - 19 orders www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) The Freshwater Sounds Archive

PDF | Freshwater ecosystems are full of underwater sounds produced by amphibians, aquatic arthropods, reptiles, plants, fishes, and methane bubbles... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...

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Are you ready for Science Rendezvous on May 10? 🎉🐟 FishSounds will be there—come visit us in the Elliott Building at UVic! Join us for a day of fun activities and fascinating research. 🔗 www.sciencerendezvous.ca/event_sites/... #SciRen #SciRenYYJ #bioacoustics @uvicscience.bsky.social

Browsing our #bioacoustics recordings just got easier! We've now embedded visualizations for the almost 1000 Macaulay Library recordings we link to on FishSounds. And we're hoping to improve the rest of our recording visualizations later this year!

Check out the Codcast - a new podcast about the discovery of new fish sounds #bioacoustics 🐟🧪 open.spotify.com/show/4xjrZMU...

The CODCAST

Podcast · Shaye Ogurek · This four episode podcast series explores the discovery of a sound. It is a faint but distinct sound produced by a fish, the Arctic cod. Only recently have scientists realized...

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Whales sing, orcas squeal, and sea turtles croak. But sharks are more the strong, silent type. Now, researchers report the first evidence that sharks make sounds, too. Learn more: scim.ag/3RmqcF5

We made a #bioacoustics colouring book! 🎨🐟 Download What Sound Does a Fish Make!? at fishsounds.net/educate.js for a fun at-home activity. This project features art by Sarah Jim—explore her amazing work at sarahjimstudio.com!

Enjoying our work? Consider supporting! You can now donate to the FishSounds effort at extrweb.uvic.ca/donate/fishsounds

Every gift you make to UVic has an impact

Your donation can encourage students to achieve amazing things. Your donation can inspire researchers to solve big questions. Your donation, quite simply, can change the world.

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🎵🐠🐳🦐⛴️🎵 Worried you missed our FishSounds Educate #bioacoustics seminar series? Well, don't worry! You can find all the recordings at www.youtube.com/@fishsounds8...!

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YouTube channel for the FishSounds website and related projects

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FishSounds@fishsounds.bsky.social · 2y ago

FishSounds Educate is excited to present an online seminar series all about underwater sounds and their study—aimed at bioacousticians and acoustics-curious folks alike! For more info, Zoom registration links, and links to videos of our past talks, see fishsounds.net/educate.js.

🎣🔉 We will have our final FishSounds Educate #bioacoustics seminar on Mar 7 at 9 am Pacific—all about eavesdropping on fisheries with Dr. Audrey Looby! Register here: uvic.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🗺️🔉🤝 We will have our next FishSounds Educate #bioacoustics seminar on Friday Feb 21 at 9 am Pacific—all about global bioacoustics collaborations with Dr. Isla Keesje Davidson! Register here: uvic.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🚢 🔊 We will have our next #bioacoustics FishSounds Educate seminar on Friday Feb 7 at 9 am Pacific—all about underwater noise pollution with Dr. Kieran Cox! Register here: uvic.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🦐🐙🦀 We will have our next #bioacoustics seminar on Friday Jan 24 at 9 am Pacific—all about underwater invertebrate sounds with Dr. Ashlee Lillis! Register here: uvic.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The FishSounds Educate #bioacoustics seminar series resumes Jan 10 at 9 am Pacific—this time with a break in format! We'll be hosting a discussion about a community-led special issue on underwater sounds and are eager for broad involvement! Register here: uvic.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Introducing "Sonic Connexions", a series of online meetups designed for casual conversations about animal bioacoustics. It is open to anyone, so join us and become part of this vibrant community! First meetup on January 29th, 2025! Sign up here: forms.office.com/r/qhPcMUKz6w 🧪🔉🐟🐋🦜🪳

It was a big day for #bioacoustics publications from the FishSounds team! Learn about habitat-mediated soundscape conservation at t.co/B9EBc9hMId 🔉🪸 And learn about the importance of active sound production to tropical coral reef fishes at t.co/xNCQdVEon0 🗨️🐠

Join me and @fishsounds.bsky.social as we push past the bulrushes and dive below the lily pads into the bizarre and mysterious underwater acoustic world of pond sounds. We also dodge hippos and crocs as we venture up the River Gambia. 🦛🐊 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdwv...

Freshwater Soundscapes with Jack Greenhalgh

YouTube video by FishSounds

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🦐🪲🐟 We will have our next FishSounds Educate seminar on Friday Dec. 6 at 9 am Pacific—all about freshwater soundscapes with Dr. Jack Greenhalgh! Register here: uvic.zoom.us/meeting/regi...