FishSounds

Screenshot of a FishSounds recording page showing an unnamed sound of a damselfish with a waveform and spectrogram.

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!

Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics Seminar announcement for Friday, January 30th at 12:30 ET From Audrey Looby, University of Victoria: "The Prevalence and Important of Soniferous Fishes" From Brooke Vetter, University of St. Thomas "Anthropogenic Noise and Fish Hearing: From Ecological Impacts to Invasive Species Management"

📣 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
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@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!

Cover of the book What Fish Are Saying showcasing a variety of brightly colored fish

If you're looking for more great fish sounds educational content, check out FishSounds.net/educate.js or the beautifully illustrated kids book "What Fish Are Saying" by @kirstenpendreigh.bsky.social!

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...

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/...

We really appreciate all the support of our funders, contributors, and collaborators, including from NSERC, DFO, @libererofellows.bsky.social, @q-quatics.bsky.social, @bioacoustics.bsky.social, and so many others you can find here: fishsounds.net/people.js ❤️

Visual summaries of the additions made to the datasets and recordings in FishSounds Versions 2 and 3. Top: Lollipop plot of the number of total and newly added references per publication year. Left: Spectrograms of select recordings added to the FishSounds database in the latest versions, showing representative grunts and boatwhistles of the Gulf toadfish and very fast repetitive ticks of a salmon that could not be identified to species. Right: Bar plot of the number of total and newly added recordings on the FishSounds database, either hosted on the website or through links to FishBase and the Macaulay Library.

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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! 🎵🐠❤️

A bar plot showing the number of assessed designatable fish taxa that are actively soniferous, as well as the number of designatable taxa that had soundscapes and sound production mentioned in conservation documents produced by COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada) and SARA (Species at Risk Act) and a second bar plot showing the number of actively soniferous designatable taxa that had at least one anthropogenic stressor mentioned as threats, as well as those that had noise pollution acknowledged as a potential threat in the same documents.

🐟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...!

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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...!

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 ❤️ 🐠 🔉

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

(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...

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/...

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

screenshot of the FishSounds recording search page showing sergeant major sounds with embedded visualizations from the Macaulay Library

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!

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...

Check out the Codcast - a new podcast about the discovery of new fish sounds

#bioacoustics 🐟🧪

open.spotify.com/show/4xjrZMU...

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

The cover page of the book by Hailey Shafer, Hailey, Davies, Sarah Jim, Audrey Looby, and Kieran Cox, with three coloured fish. An example colouring page showing herring in a kelp forest.

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!

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.

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

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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...!

FishSounds Educate seminar flyer about eavesdropping on fisheries. Register at FishSounds.net/educate.js

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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...

FishSounds Educate seminar flyer about global bioacoustics collaborations. Register at FishSounds.net/educate.js

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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...

FishSounds Educate flyer for Kieran Cox's seminar on noise pollution at February 7 at 9 am Pacific time. Register at FishSounds.net/educate.js.

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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...

flyer for FishSounds Educate seminar on underwater invertebrate sounds, register at FishSounds.net/educate.js

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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...

Flyer for a community-led special issue discussion on Jan. 10 at 9 am Pacific. Register at FishSounds.net/Educate.js

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

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conceptual diagram depicting healthy coral reef and kelp forest habitats diminishing the sounds from a recreational boat compared to degraded habitats

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 🗨️🐠

YouTube video by FishSounds Freshwater Soundscapes with Jack Greenhalgh

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...

Flyer advertising the FishSounds Educate seminar on freshwater soundscapes by Dr. Jack Greenhalgh on Dec. 6 at 9 am Pacific. Register at FishSounds.net/educate.js.

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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...

WATCH: Did you miss Dr. Kieran Cox from @fishsounds.bsky.social present "Fish communication in a noisy and ever-changing underwater world" last Friday? Watch it now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDLt...