K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics

Partnership and collaboration are at the heart of conservation bioacoustics for species and ecosystems. We are honored to be a part of this initiative.

We are excited about our collaboration with NPS on this unique project. Congratulations to the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve crew for a successful recovery of the recording units.

Training opportunity in the Pantanal wetland (Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia)!
Learn and apply acoustic monitoring in your conservation/biodiversity research with our 1-y Mentoring and Training program! Submit a proposal by Feb 25th! Info: website...

https://www.birds.cornell.edu/ccb/8813-2/

Join us in a collaborative effort to study migratory birds along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Your participation can help fill crucial knowledge gaps and contribute to the conservation of these incredible species. Application period is now open until November 15, 2023! 🐦

For more details on how to get involved, visit: [https://www.birds.cornell.edu/ccb/a-study-of-migratory-birds-in-the-east-asian-flyway/](https://www.birds.cornell.edu/ccb/a-study-of-migratory-birds-in-the-east-asian-flyway/)

📣 Attention aspiring conservationists! The K. Payne Fellows Program at the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics is now OPEN. 🌳🐦

🌏 Focused on Conservation Bioacoustics in Indonesia & Malaysia.
📝 Apply now to make an impact!

🔗 More info: [tinyurl.com/kpaynefp]

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-audio-technique-census-california-owls.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Flifesciences

New audio technique used for census of California Spotted Owls in the Sierra Nevada ecosystem For the first time, researchers have estimated the spotted owl population across the entire Sierra Nevada ecosystem. The analysis, which was led by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, suggests th...

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/11/unique-fellowship-honors-bioacoustics-pioneer

Unique fellowship honors bioacoustics pioneer | Cornell Chronicle Philanthropist K. Lisa Yang ’74 has endowed $1.5 million to establish the Katharine B. Payne Fellows Program in Conservation Bioacoustics in honor of Katy Payne ’59, a pioneer in the burgeoning science of bioacoustics.

The Cornell Daily Sun published an article titled “Cornell Researcher Builds Groundbreaking Machine Learning Toolkit For Bioacoustics” featuring Dr. Shyam Madhusudhana, a postdoctoral researcher in Yang Center. In this article Shyam discussed how machine learning tools are aiding bioacoustics research of blue whales and beyond.

Cornell Researcher Builds Groundbreaking Machine Learning Toolkit For Bioacoustics A recent breakthrough has been made in bio-acoustic deep learning techniques — a method for automated detection of animal sounds — at Cornell’s K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics. Dr…