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Open Source Passive Acoustic Monitoring Software
Got a great idea for new acoustic detectors that could form the basis of a PhD ?
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November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Got a great idea for new acoustic detectors that could form the basis of a PhD ?
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
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We’re pleased to announce the availability of PyPAMGuard: a Python library to read PAMGuard binary files.
Find out more at www.pamguard.org/news/250716_...
Find out more at www.pamguard.org/news/250716_...
Python Binary File Reader – PAMGuard
PyPAMGuard: library to read PAMGuard binary files
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July 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We’re pleased to announce the availability of PyPAMGuard: a Python library to read PAMGuard binary files.
Find out more at www.pamguard.org/news/250716_...
Find out more at www.pamguard.org/news/250716_...
PAMGuard Version 2.02.17 is now available for Windows and Mac
For details of cool new features and bug fixes see www.pamguard.org/news/250605_...
For details of cool new features and bug fixes see www.pamguard.org/news/250605_...
Version 2.02.17 Bug blitz! – PAMGuard
PAMGuard version 2.02.17 is now available for Windows and Mac
www.pamguard.org
June 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
PAMGuard Version 2.02.17 is now available for Windows and Mac
For details of cool new features and bug fixes see www.pamguard.org/news/250605_...
For details of cool new features and bug fixes see www.pamguard.org/news/250605_...
Barlow et al, used PAMGuard to help identify clicks from the elusive Pygme Beaked Whale. Read about it in Marine Mammal Science (and no, that picture is NOT Pygme Beaked Whales):
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Caller ID: Pygmy Beaked Whale Mesoplodon peruvianus Confirmed as the Source of “BW70” Acoustic Signal in the Eastern Pacific
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Barlow et al, used PAMGuard to help identify clicks from the elusive Pygme Beaked Whale. Read about it in Marine Mammal Science (and no, that picture is NOT Pygme Beaked Whales):
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
This weeks PAMGuard paper is a study of small cetaceans in the New York / New Jersey harbour Estuary: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
New York Timeshare: Staggered Habitat Use of Small Cetaceans in the New York–New Jersey Harbour Estuary
Sympatric species that occupy similar niches use a variety of strategies to minimise competitive exclusion. Bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises are both small cetaceans that occur in coastal ar...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This weeks PAMGuard paper is a study of small cetaceans in the New York / New Jersey harbour Estuary: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Another article using PAMGuard, this time to study finless porpoise around Korea.
This is also a reminder of how lucky many of us are to be working mostly in our mother tongue!
koreascience.kr/article/JAKO...
This is also a reminder of how lucky many of us are to be working mostly in our mother tongue!
koreascience.kr/article/JAKO...
koreascience.kr
April 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Another article using PAMGuard, this time to study finless porpoise around Korea.
This is also a reminder of how lucky many of us are to be working mostly in our mother tongue!
koreascience.kr/article/JAKO...
This is also a reminder of how lucky many of us are to be working mostly in our mother tongue!
koreascience.kr/article/JAKO...
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Join us for the the second edition of Sonic Connexions on May 5th, 2025 !
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#bioacoustics 🧪
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#bioacoustics 🧪
April 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Join us for the the second edition of Sonic Connexions on May 5th, 2025 !
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#bioacoustics 🧪
Register here:
whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#bioacoustics 🧪
This week, we're working with Prof. Marie Roch from SDSU to deliver a course on the latest PAMGuard features at @whoi.edu. All course materials are being made available at www.pamguard.org/tutorials.html
April 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This week, we're working with Prof. Marie Roch from SDSU to deliver a course on the latest PAMGuard features at @whoi.edu. All course materials are being made available at www.pamguard.org/tutorials.html
The PAMGuard team are delighted to announce the release of a detector for the Scottish Wild Haggis (Haggis Scoticus). This is available as a plugin module, which can be downloaded at www.pamguard.org/plugins/plug...
Next year we hope to release an AI classifier for the megafauna of Loch Ness
Next year we hope to release an AI classifier for the megafauna of Loch Ness
Plugin Downloads – PAMGuard
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April 1, 2025 at 6:18 AM
The PAMGuard team are delighted to announce the release of a detector for the Scottish Wild Haggis (Haggis Scoticus). This is available as a plugin module, which can be downloaded at www.pamguard.org/plugins/plug...
Next year we hope to release an AI classifier for the megafauna of Loch Ness
Next year we hope to release an AI classifier for the megafauna of Loch Ness
Check out our new tutorial for the Batch Processing module in PAMGuard at www.pamguard.org/tutorials.html.
The batch processor allows you to run the same PAMGuard configuration on multiple datasets, which is great for dealing with data from multiple autonomous recorders.
The batch processor allows you to run the same PAMGuard configuration on multiple datasets, which is great for dealing with data from multiple autonomous recorders.
PAMGuard Tutorials – PAMGuard
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March 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Check out our new tutorial for the Batch Processing module in PAMGuard at www.pamguard.org/tutorials.html.
The batch processor allows you to run the same PAMGuard configuration on multiple datasets, which is great for dealing with data from multiple autonomous recorders.
The batch processor allows you to run the same PAMGuard configuration on multiple datasets, which is great for dealing with data from multiple autonomous recorders.
PAMGuard Version 2.02.16 is now available for download. Updates include improvements to the Tethys database interface and the Deep Learning Classifier as well as several small bug fixes.
Also available is an updated Batch Processing plugin and tutorial updates. Visit www.pamguard.org for details.
Also available is an updated Batch Processing plugin and tutorial updates. Visit www.pamguard.org for details.
PAMGuard
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March 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
PAMGuard Version 2.02.16 is now available for download. Updates include improvements to the Tethys database interface and the Deep Learning Classifier as well as several small bug fixes.
Also available is an updated Batch Processing plugin and tutorial updates. Visit www.pamguard.org for details.
Also available is an updated Batch Processing plugin and tutorial updates. Visit www.pamguard.org for details.
We've had a great week teaching the latest PAMGuard features to folks in the US, but the week was marred by one of our attendees being fired half way through. Our hearts go out to her and other US Gov’t scientists losing their jobs this week, and we wish them success in finding new paths in life.
March 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
We've had a great week teaching the latest PAMGuard features to folks in the US, but the week was marred by one of our attendees being fired half way through. Our hearts go out to her and other US Gov’t scientists losing their jobs this week, and we wish them success in finding new paths in life.
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We have a postdoc position open in our Acoustic Ecology Lab at Aarhus University, Denmark. If you have a background in acoustics or biologging and could be interested in working with us, please get in touch.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Postdoc in biologging and bioacoustics - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Ecoscience - Marine Mammal Research 2, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
February 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We have a postdoc position open in our Acoustic Ecology Lab at Aarhus University, Denmark. If you have a background in acoustics or biologging and could be interested in working with us, please get in touch.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Another paper using PAMGuard, this one from a former @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social Masters student.
A new paper:
Habitat utilization by beaked whales in the western North Atlantic Ocean using passive acoustics
Different ecological communities of beaked whales determined by combining 2 different passive acoustics techniques
In @meps-ir.bsky.social now
www.int-res.com/articles/mep...
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Habitat utilization by beaked whales in the western North Atlantic Ocean using passive acoustics
Different ecological communities of beaked whales determined by combining 2 different passive acoustics techniques
In @meps-ir.bsky.social now
www.int-res.com/articles/mep...
🐳🌍🦑
February 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Another paper using PAMGuard, this one from a former @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social Masters student.
@jamie-mac.bsky.social updated the home page of our website www.pamguard.org. Say if you like it!
PAMGuard
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February 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
@jamie-mac.bsky.social updated the home page of our website www.pamguard.org. Say if you like it!
See our blogpost on tracking seals around a tidal turbine using the new multibeam sonar processing modules in PAMGuard: appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/02/06/s...
Seals avoid an operating tidal turbine
Authors of a recently published study discuss how their research discovered that seals exhibit avoidance of turbines during operation. This finding is important for industry developers and regulato…
appliedecologistsblog.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
See our blogpost on tracking seals around a tidal turbine using the new multibeam sonar processing modules in PAMGuard: appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/02/06/s...
This week, I've been working on upgrades to the Batch Processing plugin module, which will allow you to rerun tasks such as click classification on multiple datasets. Available soon at www.pamguard.org.
January 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This week, I've been working on upgrades to the Batch Processing plugin module, which will allow you to rerun tasks such as click classification on multiple datasets. Available soon at www.pamguard.org.
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@nature.com is keen to find out how scientists are using @bsky.app and whether it has become their go-to social-media platform. Do you use Bluesky? Has it replaced Xitter? We want to hear from you.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#eXit
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#eXit
Has Bluesky replaced X for scientists? Take Nature’s poll
The research community has flocked to the social-media platform Bluesky. Tell us about your experience.
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January 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
@nature.com is keen to find out how scientists are using @bsky.app and whether it has become their go-to social-media platform. Do you use Bluesky? Has it replaced Xitter? We want to hear from you.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#eXit
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#eXit
Another paper using PAMGuard. For this one we developed a bespoke PAMGuard module to process multibeam sonar data in order to track seals around an operating tidal turbine. All code and built modules at www.pamguard.org. @jessmontabaranom.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Another paper using PAMGuard. For this one we developed a bespoke PAMGuard module to process multibeam sonar data in order to track seals around an operating tidal turbine. All code and built modules at www.pamguard.org. @jessmontabaranom.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
And we've just passed 100 downloads of the latest release. Glad to see folks were busy over the festive period.
January 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
And we've just passed 100 downloads of the latest release. Glad to see folks were busy over the festive period.
Another paper using PAMGuard. Happy new year from St Andrews.
New paper: Comparing neural networks against click train detectors to reveal temporal trends in passive acoustic sperm whale detections (DM lgf3@st-andrews.ac.uk for a copy) 🧵 pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/art...
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@pamguard.org @lrendell.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
Comparing neural networks against click train detectors to reveal temporal trends in passive acoustic sperm whale detections
Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is an increasingly popular tool to study vocalising species. The amount of data generated by PAM studies calls for robust auto
pubs.aip.org
January 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Another paper using PAMGuard. Happy new year from St Andrews.
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Need a festive season read in front of the fire?
We hope this paper published today In Marine Mammal Science will be of interest. We demonstrate the application of PAM and signature whistles to estimate abundance of bottlenose dolphins with comparable results to Photo-ID.
doi.org/10.1111/mms....
We hope this paper published today In Marine Mammal Science will be of interest. We demonstrate the application of PAM and signature whistles to estimate abundance of bottlenose dolphins with comparable results to Photo-ID.
doi.org/10.1111/mms....
December 20, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Need a festive season read in front of the fire?
We hope this paper published today In Marine Mammal Science will be of interest. We demonstrate the application of PAM and signature whistles to estimate abundance of bottlenose dolphins with comparable results to Photo-ID.
doi.org/10.1111/mms....
We hope this paper published today In Marine Mammal Science will be of interest. We demonstrate the application of PAM and signature whistles to estimate abundance of bottlenose dolphins with comparable results to Photo-ID.
doi.org/10.1111/mms....
The Mac version of PAMGuard V2.02.15 is now available at www.pamguard.org
December 16, 2024 at 8:09 PM
The Mac version of PAMGuard V2.02.15 is now available at www.pamguard.org
In case you're wondering, the new PAMGuard website at www.pamguard.org was built using the free software @quarto.org. We're also using Quarto to update PAMGuard training materials. Thanks @quarto.org.
PAMGuard
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December 14, 2024 at 8:35 PM
In case you're wondering, the new PAMGuard website at www.pamguard.org was built using the free software @quarto.org. We're also using Quarto to update PAMGuard training materials. Thanks @quarto.org.
PAMGuard version 2.02.15 is now available for download at www.pamguard.org
December 14, 2024 at 4:01 PM
PAMGuard version 2.02.15 is now available for download at www.pamguard.org