Not all birds are the same
Download MP3Not all Birds are the same. In analyses of thousands of hours of bird song our guests, Nilo Merino Recalde and Ben Sheldon found predictable variation in the calls of great tits. Showcasing the power of AI in analyses of data from the natural world they show birds show cultural differences much like humans do.
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Creators and Guests
Host
Tim Coulson
Author of The Universal History of Us published by Penguin 2024 Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford EcologyEvolution, Existence, Science
Guest
Dr Nilo Merino Recalde
I am a multidisciplinary researcher with a background in visual arts, anthropology, and biology. I am interested in animal culture, using sound to understand animal behaviour and ecology, applied machine learning, open research, and data visualisation. My current research involves large-scale acoustic monitoring of biodiversity, and I spent most of my time programming or in the field.
Guest
Professor Ben Sheldon FRS
Ben C. Sheldon is the Luc Hoffmann Chair in Field Ornithology and Director of the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology of the University of Oxford's Department of Zoology. He was Head of the Department of Zoology between 2016 and 2021. His research addresses causes and consequences of individual variation in wild populations, particularly of birds. He was awarded the 2020 Linnean Medal for "his service to science in the field of Zoology", and elected as Fellow of the Royal Society in 2022.SOTT Episode 5 _Audio Master
