📣New Lecture with @chriskrupenye.bsky.social Learn how studies of great apes are reshaping our understanding of social cognition and animal intelligence. 📅 Saturday, 11 July 🕓 16:00 GMT | 12:00 EDT | 09:00 PDT 📍 Online (Zoom) 🔗https://shorturl.at/FmkNy

📣 New Lecture! Explore the science of theory of mind with @chriskrupenye.bsky.social. Learn how studies of great apes are reshaping our understanding of social cognition and animal intelligence. 📅Sat, 11 July 🕓16:00 GMT | 12:00 EDT | 09:00 PDT 📍Online Register: shorturl.at/GrRZe

📣 Join us for "Narrating the Howl" with Dr. Jeffrey T. Reed. Learn how researchers are building one of the world's largest archives of wild wolf vocalizations to better understand communication, behavior, and conservation. 📅 27 June | 📍 Online 🔗https://shorturl.at/Ky78x

📣New Lecture Announcement! Join Dr. Jeffrey Reed for "Narrating the Howl" and discover how The Cry Wolf Project uses bioacoustics, GPS tracking, and genetics to study gray wolf communication in Yellowstone. 📅27 June |📍Online 🔗Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/HfzyHyJAQzGBCjTs0O7EBw

New Lecture this Saturday with @berthetmelissa.bsky.social In this lecture, we’ll be exploring evidence that wild bonobos communicate in ways resembling human language 🧠 📅 30 May | Online 🕓 16:00 GMT | 12:00 EDT | 09:00 PDT Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📣 New Lecture! @berthetmelissa.bsky.social explores new findings that wild bonobos combine calls in ways that resemble the compositional structure of human language 🧠 📅 30 May 🕓 16:00 GMT | 12:00 EDT | 09:00 PDT 📍 Online (Zoom) Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🌱Missed our April talk? “Scientific Speciesism: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism” with @christinewebb.bsky.social‬  is now on YouTube! 🎥 Watch now — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeeqUhUf1w4

🌱Co-creating + Co-existence = harmonious multispecies world? In July 2024, together with Melanie Challenger, we explored how to include other species in the decision-making processes that shape policy and governance. 🎥 Watch the full lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7vGPo2Milw

⭐️ @projectceti.bsky.social: New Paper! “The phonology of sperm whale coda vowels” shows whales produce vowel-like sounds organized in patterns, akin to human phonology.  Learn more here: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2994

🔊 Throwback to “Co-creating Co-existence in a Multispecies World” with Melanie Challenger   🌱 As exploitation of nature increases and biodiversity declines, we ask: how can we make decisions with other species, not just for them? 🎥 Watch the full lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7vGPo2Milw

This Saturday: “Scientific Speciesism: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism” with @christinewebb.bsky.social How does hidden human bias shape science and our view of other animals? 📅 25 April 🕓 4 PM GMT | 12 PM EST | 9 AM PST 📍 Online (Zoom) 🔗 Register: shorturl.at/ywwEd

📣New Lecture! Humans are often seen as an apex species, but is this accurate? Join @christinewebb.bsky.social for “Scientific Speciesism: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism in Primatology and Beyond.” 📅Saturday, 25 April 🕓4 PM GMT |12 PM EST |9 AM PST 📍Online 🔗Register here: shorturl.at/fsYpx

“WhAM: the Whale Acoustics Model” with Orr Paradise (@projectceti.bsky.social) is now live on our YouTube channel 🐋 🔗Click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-YH...

🔊 Throwback: "Can Different Species Understand Each Other's Emotions?” with Dr. Elodie Briefer.  Discover how animals communicate emotions, and how machine learning reveals insights into the evolution of cross-species understanding!  📺 Watch the lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TggoBGM1L4

📣 Reminder: New date confirmed! Join us this Saturday for “WhAM: the Whale Acoustics Model” with Orr Paradise (@projectceti.bsky.social) 📅 April 4 | 🕓 4 PM GMT 📍 Online (Zoom) Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🤝Signal Boost 2026 launches with a $25k matching gift from internet pioneer Dr. Vint Cerf.  🌱Support the convening work connecting partners across science & technology to advance ethical interspecies communication.  🔗 Donate here: www.interspecies.io/donate

📣 Rescheduled: Our lecture with Orr Paradise is now on April 4 (same time). 🕓 4 PM GMT | 12 PM EST | 9 AM PST We’ll dive into @projectceti.bsky.social's WhAM — join us! Registered participants have received an updated invite. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🦧 How do great apes communicate—and what can that reveal about human evolution? In May 2024, Catherine “Cat” Hobaiter joined us to explore ape gestures, cognition, and social behavior. 🎥 Watch the lecture now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaU3zhPqTV0

🐋 Join us this Saturday! Orr from @projectceti.bsky.social presents “WhAM: the Whale Acoustics Model.” Don’t miss the chance to learn from the scientists behind this technological breakthrough.  📅Saturday, 28 March🕓12 PM EDT📍Online (Zoom) 🔗Register:https://www.interspecies.io/lectures/orr-paradise

🐋 Curious to know more about the world of sperm whales?  Our upcoming lecture is one not to be missed – “WhAM: the Whale Acoustics Model” with Orr Paradise (@projectceti.bsky.social ) 📅 Saturday, 28 March 🕓 12 PM EDT📍 Online (Zoom) 🔗 Registrations: https://www.interspecies.io/lectures/orr-paradise

🔊 Throwback Thursday: “Ape Talk: Reimagining the Study of Great Ape Communication” with Cat Hobaiter. Explore how wild apes communicate and think! 📺 Watch the lecture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaU3...

Press play on a different world by tuning into audio selections with whale-listening instructions at projectceti.org/listen! Photo: Amanda Cotton

📣 New Lecture: WhAM — the Whale Acoustics Model with Orr Paradise Explore @projectceti.bsky.social transformer-based model that synthesizes & analyzes sperm whale codas! 🗓 Mar 28 | 4pm GMT/ 12 pm EST/ 9am PST | Online 🔗 Registration: https://www.interspecies.io/lectures/orr-paradise

🔊 Canaries, songs, and AI? Meet TweetyBERT. Tim Gardner takes us inside this model's design and the complexity of songbird communication: using a self-supervised transformer model to decode — without any human-labeled data. 📺 Watch the full lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzA5_dMo-1g

🚀 This is the moment when even a small gift goes twice as far ⭐️ Our Trustee, Vinton G. Cerf, made a generous offer: he will match donations to Interspecies Internet, dollar-for-dollar, up to $25k. 🔗 Help us build the foundations for interspecies communication: https://www.interspecies.io/donate

🔊 Throwback to Tim Gardner’s lecture "TweetyBERT: Uncovering Canary Song Syntax" In this 2024 lecture, we explored canary syntax and TweetyBERT — a model analyzing birdsong without human-labeled data! 📺 Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzA5_dMo-1g #AnimalCommunication #AIResearch

🎨 In 2024, Sophia Brueckner gave the talk “Bowerbirds." 🔸 What does it mean if bowerbirds make art? 🔸 Can humans or computers truly mimic their process? 🔸 How are bowerbirds reshaping how we think about generative AI and creativity? 👉The lecture: https://tinyurl.com/5e7f5vjw

🔔Missed Saturday’s talk? “Letting Animals Speak: Increasing Animal Agency with Animal-Computer Interaction” is now live. ✅ Dr Browning explores what animal agency is, why it matters, and how tech can empower animals with choice and control. 📺Watch: rb.gy/de5azn

🔊 Throwback Thursday! Explore with artist–engineer Sophia Brueckner how bowerbirds can help us rethink aesthetics, optimization, and “non-human artists.” 📺 Watch here → www.youtube.com/watch?v=A54T... #InterspeciesInternet #Bowerbirds #AnimalCommunication #ArtAndScience

⏰ Reminder: Tomorrow's Lecture! Dr. Heather Browning joins us to discuss how technology can amplify animal voices and choice. 🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you tomorrow! 💚

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📣 What if animals could help design their own worlds? Join @zoophilosophy.bsky.social for Letting Animals Speak—a lecture on animal agency, ethics & animal-computer interaction. 📅 Feb 7 | Online | Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...