John Gould was born #OTD in 1804. Former ZSL Curator of Birds, #ZSLFellow, Member of Z|SL Council... Here are a few of our favourite lithographs from the many volumes published by Gould. More on him & his hummingbirds in our guest #blog by Ann Datta: zsl.org/news-and-event…

TOMORROW (Friday) it's this glorious #DigitalStorytelling event... we heard the singers in rehearsals and it was.... 🔥 With ❌ Lauren Kassell - tickets below & for a sneaky preview check out this ace blog from Stella Wisdom blogs.bl.uk/digital-schola…

The Spanish moon moth 📹 ilyas_insects

This will be excellent!

Tonight! Immersive #steampunk storytelling British Library with Clockwork Watch by Yoms, & 19th century London in #Minecraft by Lancaster University blockworks & @thecommonpeople Still a few tickets left if you want to party with us! bl.uk/events/late-at… BritishLibraryEvents

Sound Identification of Terrestrial Mammals of Britain and Ireland by Neil Middleton, @NewsonStuart and Huma Pearce is NOW AVAILABLE! 📖 Order your copy at loom.ly/iKq6zLg #acousticidentification #mammalsurvey #mammalsounds

Admissions to The International Master of Bioacoustics MoBi for the 24-25 academic year are now open 🔊😀. Program, Eligibility, Schedule and Application Process can be found here: masterofbioacoustics.com. MoBi is open to students from BSc degree or more advanced (PhD, postdoc)

If you have an hour free at 2pm next Tuesday, why not listen to me wittering informatively about Edward Lear and his beautiful parrot illustrations? It’s online The Linnean Society of London, and free. Put me on in the background while you’re doing something else. 🔗 - members.linnean.org/events/655cd7d…

CALL FOR PAPERS We're delighted to be hosting our International Summer Conference on Thursday 13 June 2024 Amgueddfa Caerdydd. We welcome papers on 'The Palette of Nature'. Submit your abstract by 15 March 2024. #NaturalHistory Full details: shnh.org.uk/all-events/cal…

UK friends - my film Humpback Whales: A Detective Story screened again on the beeb today, which means it is back on the iplayer if you fancy a deep dive into the lives of whales and the people who spend their lives with them bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Online talk 7pm Wednesday 21st 🗣️ Join celebrated author Tom Mustill for a thrilling voyage into the future of animal communication at this weeks Winter Webinar 'How to Speak Whale'. 💙 Sign-up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-speak…

1/ Baleen whales depend on acoustic communication to find each other in vast marine environments. But how do baleen whales make their calls and iconic songs while holding their breath? We are thrilled to share our newest paper in #Nature! nature.com/articles/s4158…

Someone kindly reminded me that it’s #BatAppreciationDay 🦇🦇 Here are some details from two of my favourite watercolour drawings from Bengal collected by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, c. 1795-1806. British Library NHD3

Do check this out of you're in Bristol - (In)audible Presences by Mark Ferguson, an ongoing, long-term exploration of the documentation practices associated with wildlife sound recording. 9-14 Aug 2024 centrespace.org.uk/whats-on/inaud…

We are only a week away from the 2024 African Bioacoustics Conference! Check out our epic line up in the conference program - africanbioacoustics.org/_files/ugd/8ed… It is still possible to register to join the conference online here: africanbioacoustics.org/registration

Meet the electronic musicians collaborating with nature through bio-sonification djmag.com/features/meet-…

The Bioacoustics Winter School: deadline for application = Sept 30! Please RT eneslab.com/bioacoustic-wi…

Sarah Bowdich, nee Wallis, later Lee, was born #OnThisDay in 1791. Zoologist #author, #Illustrator, #artist & traveller. She described 22 new species and one new genus of #fish in this book:- "Excursions in Madeira and Porto Santo… Africa", 1825. #sciart #WomenInSTEM #fishes

Mark Catesby was born #otd in 1683. We have his magnificent book "The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands" (published between 1731-1743). Below is his engraving of the now extinct Carolina parakeet. More about Catesby in our #blog: zsl.org/news-and-event…

Acoustic experiences of war: a moving soundscape exhibition of the war in Ukraine …nking-transitional-justice.bham.ac.uk/sounds/exhibit…