Bioacoustics and a cacophony of cicadas

May 20, 2024 00:28:31
Bioacoustics and a cacophony of cicadas
The Best Of Our Knowledge
Bioacoustics and a cacophony of cicadas

May 20 2024 | 00:28:31

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Show Notes

On this episode of The Best of Our Knowledge:

Researchers are using artificial intelligence to listen in on the animal kingdom.

Periodical cicadas this spring are singing in enormous numbers across the United States. It’s reunion hundreds of years in the making.

And we’ll speak with young students who are exploring careers in education.

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