Introduction The first year of the BioDCASE challenge includes three tasks - Multi-channel audio alignment, marine mammal detection and bioacoustics on tiny hardware. More information about the challenges will be released soon. Tasks Multi-Channel Alignment Alignment Task 1 Researchers often deploy multiple audio recorders simultaneously, for example with passive automated recording …

Terrestrial remote sensing approaches, such as acoustic monitoring, deliver finely resolved and reliable biodiversity data. However, the scalability of surveys is often limited by the effort, time and...

Unseen animals can often still be heard. That’s part of the impetus behind the growing field of ecoacoustics, which aims to measure entire soundscapes in different habitats as a way of gauging an…

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Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 04 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00038-9Insect biodiversity in tropical forests is poorly understood but is probably facing declines, with serious consequences for ecosystem functions and services. This Review describes the major threats to insect biodiversity, which include the effects of a burgeoning human population and of climate change. The authors further highlight the urgent need for greater efforts to measure and monitor insect biodiversity in the tropics and discuss emerging approaches to facilitate such studies.

While humans are more boisterous than ever, other species are talking too – this is what you will hear if you really listen

The sources of bias and suggested mitigations described here will be of relevance to hardware manufacturers, ecological researchers and conservation practitioners. Researchers and conservation practi...