95 scientific publications citing Macaulay Library in 2017
95 scientific publications used media from or contributed to, Macaulay Library in 2017. Most were about birds, but quite a few were about frogs and other animals. #mlresearch
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Listen to a new species of antbird!
Whistling Antbird (undescribed form) © Daniel Lane ML 224880 Researchers have just described this species from the Cordillera Azul, San Martín, Peru in the upcoming issue of The Auk.
New specimen pages and expanded advanced search
We are thrilled to announce two exciting updates to the Macaulay Library website- redesigned media specimen pages and expanded Advanced Search options– that will help users explore the 5+ million photos, audio recordings, and videos in the Macaulay Library archive. We hope that these new developments will make the Macaulay Library even more accessible and useful…
Contributor Profile: Phil Green
Phil Green’s connection to nature makes the foundation for how he lives his life. Green is the caretaker of four islands protected by The Nature Conservancy in Washington’s San Juan Islands archipelago. Yellow Island, the eleven-acre member of the preserve he calls home, is only accessible by boat, but visitors who make the trip are…
Decades of bird signals, songs digitized for scientific research – Science Nation
The world’s largest scientific archive of animal signal recordings, the Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds, is partnering with other institutions to co-curate and digitize an enormous archive of animal audio and video recordings from the library’s vaults. The analog material in the library’s collection at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology includes recordings of mainly birds,…
Hermit Thrush Song Differs Across North America
Across the far reaches of America, the English language is spoken in colorful variation. If you’re Texan, I reckon y’all fixin’ for some coke in this summer heat, but as a Michigander, yuh guys go tuh gedduh pop. New Yorkers and Bostonians drink soda, but some wicked wee-id Bostonians drink tonic, while some New Yorkers…
July Recording Contest
This event has ended, but stay tuned for future contests. Congratulations to our winners for this time, Justin Watts, Phil Green, and Bruce Rideout! July is an underrated month when it comes to sound recording. Quieter than May or June, it still has plenty to offer: song can still fill the air, adults call near nests or fledglings, and young…
Dance Moves Support Evidence for New Bird-of-Paradise Species
The Superb Bird-of-Paradise—the shape-shifting black bird of central New Guinea that woos its mate with an iridescent blue “smiley-face” dance—has an equally superb cousin in the isolated mountains of Indonesia’s Bird’s Head Peninsula in the island’s far west. Scientist Ed Scholes and photographer Tim Laman, with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Birds-of-Paradise Project, have now…
Ben Mirin, Wildlife DJ
Wildlife DJ and contributor to Macaulay Library, Ben Mirin, creatively weaves sounds of animals into rhythmic echoes of nature. He has captured the acoustic soundscapes of the forests of Borneo, the Sonoran Desert, and the Great Barrier Reef by mixing bird songs, cougar growls, cicada chirps, parrot fish feeding, waves, and wind into music that…
Meet Our Team
The Macaulay Library is supported by a team of hard-working people who are dedicated to birds, nature, and scientific discovery. Our director, Dr. Mike Webster, leads a team of archivists and developers that support a world-class archive of media documenting animal behavior. Visit Our Team page to learn about us. The scientists and students that work…