✍🏽 In 2023, Rébecca Kleinberger gave the talk “From DJ Macaw to Video-Flocking” Key themes:  🔸 Sonic interfaces for animal agency  🔸 Tech supporting communication  🔸 Rethinking enrichment through interspecies connection  👉Watch the full lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NhMcXMU1pY

🎥 Missed our talk? "Nature Perspectives: Unlocking Human–Nature Connection with AI" is now live on YouTube! ⚡️ Explore how AI enables meaningful conversations with the natural world w/ Gal Zanir. 🔗 Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCeQe3JG8es

🔊Throwback to Rébecca Kleinberger’s lecture "From DJ Macaw to Video-Flocking: Leveraging Audio Technology for Animals’ Social and Cognitive Enrichment" Explore tech interventions that enhance the cognitive and social experiences of animals! 📺Watch here → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NhMcXMU1pY

🌿 Tomorrow’s the day!  Come explore Nature Perspectives with Gal Zanir and see how AI can help us converse with the natural world.  📆 Nov 8 | Online | Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/xVpMNiWkRYSmHgKUvMyacQ

🌿 Join Gal Zanir for Nature Perspectives: Unlocking Human–Nature Connection with AI.  How can AI simulations foster newfound empathy for nature? Could they help shift our systems from exploitative to collaborative? 📆 Nov 8 | Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/xVpMNiWkRYSmHgKUvMyacQ

🚀 New Lecture: Nature Perspectives with Gal Zanir Discover first-person AI experiences that foster empathy and bring nature’s stories and perspectives into public consciousness. 📅 Nov 8 | Online | 5 PM GMT / 12 PM EST / 9 AM PST 🔗Register: https://www.interspecies.io/lectures/gal-zanir

How is open hardware transforming conservation? 🛠️ Jinger Zeng shared great examples, from elephant anti-poaching systems to ocean biodiversity monitoring — all built by citizen scientists using affordable, accessible tools. Watch Jinger's lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zUJLfmvnhU

🔊 Throwback: Jinger Zeng on "Open Hardware Communities to Empower Citizen Science" 🛠️ Can a $1 microscope unlock new ocean species? Could bamboo drones transform conservation? 🌴 Find out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zUJLfmvnhU

Missed Dr. Denise Herzing’s talk “Decoding Dolphins in the Wild: How difficult can it be?” last Saturday? 🐬 Catch the full conversation on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diwxGf0H1XQ #Dolphins #AnimalIntelligence #DeniseHerzing

✍🏽 In July 2023, Oscar Salguero gave an Interspecies Conversations lecture on the Interspecies Library, an archive of visionary artists’ books. Explore the intersections of art + science and nonhuman futures 🐋 📺 Watch on YouTube → www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B6A...

🐬 Join the conversation: Decoding Dolphins in the Wild! Learn about Dr. Herzing's work @dolphinproject.bsky.social, and the incredible tool that is DolphinGemma, a large language model for dolphin vocalizations. 📅 Sat, Oct 11 | ⏰ 4pm GMT | 📍 Online 🔗 Join us: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Jane Goodall (1934–2025).  A trailblazer in science and conservation. Her impact is one of a kind, immeasurable, and far-reaching. Dr. Jane Goodall's legacy lives on in all of us. 💚🌱 📽️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPI5Uw3tCQ4

🐬 New Lecture! “Decoding Dolphins in the Wild. How difficult can it be?” Dr. Denise Herzing will share how DolphinGemma and CHAT are transforming research into dolphin sounds & meaning. 📆 Oct 11 | 12 pm EST | Online 🔗 Register: https://www.interspecies.io/lectures/denise-herzing

🔊 Throwback to Oscar Salguero’s lecture "Interspecies Library: Books as Portals to Interspecies Futures" Explore visionary books that are reshaping interspecies discourse! 📺 Watch on YouTube → www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B6A...

🌍🚨 Final week! The Edge AI Earth Guardians Challenge closes Sept 30. Submit your Edge AI project for conservation + sustainability 🌱✨ 👉 https://www.hackster.io/contests/earthguardians

During @earthspecies.bsky.social' 2023 lecture "AI to Unlock Interspecies Communication", we explored how AI is reshaping our understanding of animal societies and driving conservation. Join the conversation! Revisit the lecture ➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9SvPs1cCds

⚡️🐒Missed Dr. Omer’s talk "The Naming of Nonhuman Primates: Vocal Labeling of Others by Marmoset Monkeys" last Saturday? 🔗 Catch the full conversation on our YouTube channel! https://youtu.be/aeLDYcyaQCE

⏰ Tomorrow! Dr. David Omer on how marmoset monkeys use calls to “name” each other 🐒🔊 📆 Sept 13 | 4pm GMT / 12pm EST / 9am PST | 📍Zoom 🔗 Register: https://shorturl.at/IjkHg #PrimateCommunication #Neuroscience

👋 Meet our next speaker, neuroscientist Dr. David Omer! His lab’s work with marmosets is changing how we understand communication, social behavior & the origins of language. 📆 Sept 13 | ⏰ 12pm EST / 9am PST | 📍Zoom 🔗 Register to join: https://shorturl.at/VPXvN #Neuroscience #PrimateCommunication

New Lecture: The Naming of Nonhuman Primates 🐒🔊 Join us as Dr. David Omer reveals how marmoset monkeys use calls to “name” one another! 📆 Sept 13 | ⏰ 4pm GMT / 12pm EST / 9am PST | 📍Zoom 🔗 Register: https://www.interspecies.io/lectures/david-omer #PrimateCommunication

🔊How can AI help unlock interspecies communication? In their lecture, Katie Zacarian and Sara Keen explored the foundations of the @earthspecies.bsky.social ’s work and the challenges of using AI & ML to better understand the non-human world. 🎥Watch now➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9SvPs1cCds

🐾 How do we build shared tools for interspecies communication research?   Our new roundtable tackled this question while brainstorming open-source solutions. The conversation is continuing on Slack.  🚀 Join us and watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XCAkI-KqeQ

🔔 Reminder: Tomorrow, join our Interspecies Conversations roundtable (with 5 amazing guests), moderated by Neil Gershenfeld. 🔗 Registrations & Lecture Details: interspecies.io/lectures/dat...

During the 2023 lecture "Conversing with Whales,” Lisa and Josephine dived deep into why humpbacks are a remarkable model for understanding interspecies communication.💡🧠 Join the conversation! Watch the lecture ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY3tWAeG66k

📣 This Saturday, join a conversation with leading researchers actively building interspecies communication tools as they map out the next steps together. 🙌🏽 ⏰ 12:00 EST | 09:00 PST | 17:00 BST 📅 Aug 23, Saturday → Register here: www.interspecies.io/lectures/dat...

Want to know how we're building the future of cross-species communication? Aug 23 — Join our live conversation with: 🐻Grizzly Systems 🦏CollarID 🐕 FluentPet 🌳 humaneLABs 🌐 Seeed Studio → Registrations: shorturl.at/2ZNdC

🔊 Throwback to Josephine Hubbard & Lisa Walker lecture on humpback whales. The discussion delves into their insights from playback experiments with these ocean giants. 🐋 📺 Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY3tWAeG66k #HumpbackWhales #AnimalCommunication #SETI #WhaleSongs

🚀New Lecture: Interspecies Data Collection & Interaction — a roundtable moderated by Neil Gershenfeld on cross-species design, conservation, ecology & emerging tech. 📆Aug 23, 9AM PT | 12PM ET | 4PM GMT 📍Zoom 🔗 shorturl.at/LjNJO

During David’s 2023 lecture "Reconstructing the Natural History of Awareness", we dived deep into octopus behavior, eye evolution, and awareness in invertebrates. 💡🧠 Join the conversation! Watch the lecture ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9sNYf63Ddo

🐋 TOMORROW! 🚨 Join @begus.bsky.social to explore sperm whale “codas” and what they mean for language, AI, & law. 📅Sat, July 19 | 🕓 4PM GMT / 12PM EST / 9AM PST 📍Online 🔗 RSVP now: https://www.interspecies.io/lectures/gasper-begus #AIethics #AnimalCommunication #ProjectCETI

🐋 Meet Brenda McCowan — Professor of Ethology and Director of the McCowan-Vandeleest Lab at the University of California. 🚀Explore insights from over 40 thought leaders in the Workshop Proceedings ➡️ www.interspecies.io/publication Thank you to @sfiscience.bsky.social + @xprize.org 🙌🏽

🔊 Throwback to David Edelman's lecture on octopus consciousness! 🐙 A Neuroscientist exploring why octopuses offer a unique window into the origins of sensory awareness and consciousness in animals without backbones. Watch full lecture on YouTube ➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9sNYf63Ddo

🦠Meet Brandon Ogbunu —a computational biologist exploring epidemiology, evolutionary genetics, and population biology at Yale University 🚀Explore insights from over 40 thought leaders in the Workshop Proceedings➡️ www.interspecies.io/publication Thank you to @sfiscience.bsky.social + @xprize.org 🙌🏽

🚀Meet our new speaker: @begus.bsky.social — @projectceti.bsky.social Linguistics Lead & AI researcher asking how sperm whale codas could reshape our view of language (and interspecies legal standing). 📅Sat, July 19 |🕓4PM GMT/12PM EST/9AM PST |📍Zoom 🔗Info & RSVP: www.interspecies.io/lectures/gas...

🚀 New Interspecies Lecture with @begus.bsky.social ! Did you know sperm whales use vowel-like sounds? Discover what this means for language, AI, and law! 📅Saturday, July 19🕓4 PM GMT | 12 PM EST | 9 AM PST📍Online via Zoom 🔗 More info & registration: https://encr.pw/LKH6i @projectceti.bsky.social

🌍🌿 Meet Kate Armstrong — Executive Director of Interspecies Internet and a strategist for emergent futures.  🚀 Explore insights from over 40 thought leaders in the Workshop Proceedings ➡️ https://www.interspecies.io/publication Thank you to @sfiscience.bsky.social + @xprize.org 🙌🏽

🐋 Tom Mustill's lecture "How to Speak Whale" explores how technology is transforming our understanding of interspecies communication. A brilliant dive into storytelling, science, and ethics. 📺 Watch the lecture → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGyxTlG_jjE

🔊 Filmmaker and author Tom Mustill asks: how can we protect animals from new technologies and make sure we are not harming or exploiting them? 🌊 Revisit Tom's 2023 lecture and Q&A: "How to Speak Whale"  📺 Watch now ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGyxTlG_jjE

⚡️🌱 Missed Paco’s talk "Do Plants Talk Back? Only If We Learn to Listen" last Saturday? Catch the full conversation on our YouTube channel! 🔗 Watch the full recording – https://youtu.be/YVl3caS72h0

🐵🌎 Meet Cat Hobaiter — a researcher studying wild apes across Africa to uncover the roots of how language and thought evolved! 🚀 Explore insights from over 40 scientists in the Workshop Proceedings ➡️ https://www.interspecies.io/publication Thank you to @sfiscience.bsky.social + @xprize.org 🙌🏽

⚡️Join us tomorrow as Paco Calvo shares insights from his research on plant cognition and behavior! What counts as communication? Why do we assume meaningful interaction ends where nervous systems do? 🌳 Don’t miss it! Register now: www.interspecies.io/lectures/paco

✍🏽 In 2022, Karen Bakker (1971–2023) delivered the lecture: “Listening Across the Tree of Life.” She proposed a powerful hypothesis: “Every living organism on the planet, unless proven otherwise, is sensitive to sound.” 🎥 Full lecture on YouTube → → https://rb.gy/9a9tsb

🌿What are plants saying? Can they be considered intelligent? Join Paco Calvo as he shares the latest discoveries in plant behaviour and non-neural cognition. 📆 Saturday, June 14 ⏰ 4 pm GMT |12 pm EST |9 am PST 🔗 Register here: www.interspecies.io/lectures/paco

🔊 Revisiting Dr. Karen Bakker’s Lecture: "Listening Across the Tree of Life" 🐢We warmly remember our discussion on how bio- and ecoacoustics are transforming environmental science, conservation, and interspecies communication. 📺 Watch here: rb.gy/9a9tsb

🚀 Join Paco Calvo for the lecture “Do Plants Talk Back? Only If We Learn to Listen" Plants exhibit forms of sensitivity that challenge conventional cognitive boundaries! Ready to listen to them?  📆Saturday, June 14 ⏰4 pm GMT |12 pm EST |9 am PST 🔗Register here: https://rb.gy/ey3kdp

✍🏽 In 2022, Blaise Agüera y Arcas asked: “Can Machines Learn How to Behave?” We explored AI and how emerging technologies might help us translate animal communication and create an Interspecies Internet! Watch the full lecture → www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grzn...

⚡️🐶Missed @federicorossano.bsky.social's talk last Saturday? Can Our Pets Tell Us What They’re Thinking? — Watch the full discussion on our YouTube channel to find out! 👀 🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=RpjF...

AI may never give us a Rosetta Stone for animal communication—but like the telescope, has the potential to expand what humans are able to perceive. Thank you @sarahscoles.bsky.social for highlighting this work & asking the challenging questions that come with it ⬇️

A year ago I was at @sfiscience.bsky.social talking about the exiting new landscape in science where we can study humans, animals, and AI in many new ways.

I had the most wonderful time presenting our current progress on this project to the amazing @interspecies-io.bsky.social community! If you could not attend but are interested in finding out more about our work, check out the lecture here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpjF...