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Making sense of raven talk

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Feb 14, 2023 Featured, General News, The Arctic and Alaska Science

Be careful what you say, ravens. Doug Wacker is listening to you. Wacker studies animal behavior at the University of Washington Bothell. Since August 2022, he has been in Fairbanks, following ravens. When he hears them vocalizing, Wacker points at the big, black birds with a microphone attached to a plastic dish that resembles a […]

Listening to the voices of killer whales

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Nov 22, 2021 Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science

In the deep blue ocean just off the coast of Alaska, killer whales are now communicating with one another with clicks and whistles. Scientists are hearing them. Hannah Myers has listened to many hours of orca calls in the Gulf of Alaska. The University of Alaska Fairbanks graduate student often knows a killer whale’s family […]