Bioacoustics and Behavioral Ecology Lab
@subabel.bsky.social
We are BABEL, the Bioacoustics and Behavioral Ecology Lab at Syracuse University
Huge congratulations to undergraduate researcher Keira Bowers for representing our lab at the 2026 ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference, hosted this year by Florida State University! 🎉 Thank you to SOURCE at Syracuse for making this opportunity possible!
Meet undergraduate student Keira Bowers!
At the CNY Environmental Science & Studies Conference, PhD student Maya presented findings from her research examining humpback whale habitat use in the Gulf of Maine across a 20-year period. This work draws on tracking data to understand how habitat selection has shifted over time.
Meet undergraduate student Carmen Carrasquillo Vega!
Meet PhD student Chris Cilfone!
Meet PhD candidate Dana Louise Adcock!
Recently, BABEL members retrieved and redeployed six hydrophones to listen for the calls of North Atlantic right whales! This is part of an ongoing project working to help track when and where right whales are present, giving researchers and managers information to protect this species.
Meet PhD candidate Sara Tennant!
Congratulations to 2026 Louis M. Herman Research Scholarship recipient 🎉 @whalesmels.bsky.social from @subabel.bsky.social Melanie’s research examines how female acoustic signalling influences pair stability in humpback whales—shedding light on the role of communication in social dynamics.
Meet 5th year PhD Candidate, Valeria Perez-Marrufo!
Meet our Postdoctoral Researcher, Simone Antichi!
Meet our Research Assistant Professor, Dana Cusano!
Guess who? Our lab leadership out in the field looking a little mysterious—but very committed to field safety. Full introductions coming soon!
We are BABEL, the Bioacoustics and Behavioral Ecology Lab at Syracuse University! We focus on the ecology and evolution of acoustic signaling and animal behavior. Research in the lab spans the fields of behavioral ecology, evolution, bioacoustics, oceanography, and conservation biology.
