Marine Mammal Science graduate student Carson Hood presented at the Acoustical Society of America's annual conference in Hawaii on her and Professor Peter Cook's grant funded research in rhythmic perception and performance in sea lions.

Graduate students Vivian Cargille and Helena Wood-Barron presented at the 8th Manatee Research Symposium on detecting African manatee vocalizations using deep learning and comparing vocal structures across countries.

Dr. Athena Rycyk awarded federal Sea Grant for offshore marine species research!

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Dr. Athena Rycyk and student Vivian Cargille have released an open-source manatee vocalization library containing over 18,000 recordings. This international collaboration (U.S., Nigeria, Cameroon) aims to support AI applications in conservation science.
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Student Sophie Flem publishes as first author for peer reviewed article in Plos One - congratulations!

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ABC interview with student Carson Hood on her recently published peer reviewed article:
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Master's student Carson Hood publishes first peer reviewed article!

Field trip to Zoo Tampa where our students had behind the scenes access!

Manatees spotted off our campus research dock this morning in Sarasota Bay!