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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

📣New Lecture with @chriskrupenye.bsky.social Learn how studies of great apes are reshaping our understanding of social cognition and animal intelligence. 📅 Saturday, 11 July 🕓 16:00 GMT | 12:00 EDT | 09:00 PDT 📍 Online (Zoom) 🔗https://shorturl.at/FmkNy

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

📣 New Lecture! Explore the science of theory of mind with @chriskrupenye.bsky.social. Learn how studies of great apes are reshaping our understanding of social cognition and animal intelligence. 📅Sat, 11 July 🕓16:00 GMT | 12:00 EDT | 09:00 PDT 📍Online Register: shorturl.at/GrRZe

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

📣 Join us for "Narrating the Howl" with Dr. Jeffrey T. Reed. Learn how researchers are building one of the world's largest archives of wild wolf vocalizations to better understand communication, behavior, and conservation. 📅 27 June | 📍 Online 🔗https://shorturl.at/Ky78x

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

📣New Lecture Announcement! Join Dr. Jeffrey Reed for "Narrating the Howl" and discover how The Cry Wolf Project uses bioacoustics, GPS tracking, and genetics to study gray wolf communication in Yellowstone. 📅27 June |📍Online 🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Hf…

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

New Lecture this Saturday with @berthetmelissa.bsky.social In this lecture, we’ll be exploring evidence that wild bonobos communicate in ways resembling human language 🧠 📅 30 May | Online 🕓 16:00 GMT | 12:00 EDT | 09:00 PDT Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

📣 New Lecture! @berthetmelissa.bsky.social explores new findings that wild bonobos combine calls in ways that resemble the compositional structure of human language 🧠 📅 30 May 🕓 16:00 GMT | 12:00 EDT | 09:00 PDT 📍 Online (Zoom) Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

🌱Missed our April talk? “Scientific Speciesism: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism” with @christinewebb.bsky.social‬ is now on YouTube! 🎥 Watch now — www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeeqUhUf1w4

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🌱Co-creating + Co-existence = harmonious multispecies world? In July 2024, together with Melanie Challenger, we explored how to include other species in the decision-making processes that shape policy and governance. 🎥 Watch the full lecture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7vGPo2Milw

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

⭐️ @projectceti.bsky.social: New Paper! “The phonology of sperm whale coda vowels” shows whales produce vowel-like sounds organized in patterns, akin to human phonology. Learn more here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2994

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🔊 Throwback to “Co-creating Co-existence in a Multispecies World” with Melanie Challenger 🌱 As exploitation of nature increases and biodiversity declines, we ask: how can we make decisions with other species, not just for them? 🎥 Watch the full lecture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7vGPo2Milw

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This Saturday: “Scientific Speciesism: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism” with @christinewebb.bsky.social How does hidden human bias shape science and our view of other animals? 📅 25 April 🕓 4 PM GMT | 12 PM EST | 9 AM PST 📍 Online (Zoom) 🔗 Register: shorturl.at/ywwEd

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

📣New Lecture! Humans are often seen as an apex species, but is this accurate? Join @christinewebb.bsky.social for “Scientific Speciesism: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism in Primatology and Beyond.” 📅Saturday, 25 April 🕓4 PM GMT |12 PM EST |9 AM PST 📍Online 🔗Register here: shorturl.at/fsYpx

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

“WhAM: the Whale Acoustics Model” with Orr Paradise (@projectceti.bsky.social) is now live on our YouTube channel 🐋 🔗Click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-YH...

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🔊 Throwback: "Can Different Species Understand Each Other's Emotions?” with Dr. Elodie Briefer. Discover how animals communicate emotions, and how machine learning reveals insights into the evolution of cross-species understanding! 📺 Watch the lecture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TggoBGM1L4

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

📣 Reminder: New date confirmed! Join us this Saturday for “WhAM: the Whale Acoustics Model” with Orr Paradise (@projectceti.bsky.social) 📅 April 4 | 🕓 4 PM GMT 📍 Online (Zoom) Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

🤝Signal Boost 2026 launches with a $25k matching gift from internet pioneer Dr. Vint Cerf. 🌱Support the convening work connecting partners across science & technology to advance ethical interspecies communication. 🔗 Donate here: www.interspecies.io/donate

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

📣 Rescheduled: Our lecture with Orr Paradise is now on April 4 (same time). 🕓 4 PM GMT | 12 PM EST | 9 AM PST We’ll dive into @projectceti.bsky.social's WhAM — join us! Registered participants have received an updated invite. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

🦧 How do great apes communicate—and what can that reveal about human evolution? In May 2024, Catherine “Cat” Hobaiter joined us to explore ape gestures, cognition, and social behavior. 🎥 Watch the lecture now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaU3zhPqTV0

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

🐋 Join us this Saturday! Orr from @projectceti.bsky.social presents “WhAM: the Whale Acoustics Model.” Don’t miss the chance to learn from the scientists behind this technological breakthrough. 📅Saturday, 28 March🕓12 PM EDT📍Online (Zoom) 🔗Register:https://www.interspecies.io/lectures/orr-paradise

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🐋 Curious to know more about the world of sperm whales? Our upcoming lecture is one not to be missed – “WhAM: the Whale Acoustics Model” with Orr Paradise (@projectceti.bsky.social ) 📅 Saturday, 28 March 🕓 12 PM EDT📍 Online (Zoom) 🔗 Registrations: www.interspecies.io/lectures/orr-pa…

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

🔊 Throwback Thursday: “Ape Talk: Reimagining the Study of Great Ape Communication” with Cat Hobaiter. Explore how wild apes communicate and think! 📺 Watch the lecture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaU3...

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Project CETI @projectceti.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Press play on a different world by tuning into audio selections with whale-listening instructions at projectceti.org/listen! Photo: Amanda Cotton

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

📣 New Lecture: WhAM — the Whale Acoustics Model with Orr Paradise Explore @projectceti.bsky.social transformer-based model that synthesizes & analyzes sperm whale codas! 🗓 Mar 28 | 4pm GMT/ 12 pm EST/ 9am PST | Online 🔗 Registration: www.interspecies.io/lectures/orr-pa…

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🔊 Canaries, songs, and AI? Meet TweetyBERT. Tim Gardner takes us inside this model's design and the complexity of songbird communication: using a self-supervised transformer model to decode — without any human-labeled data. 📺 Watch the full lecture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzA5_dMo-1g

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

🚀 This is the moment when even a small gift goes twice as far ⭐️ Our Trustee, Vinton G. Cerf, made a generous offer: he will match donations to Interspecies Internet, dollar-for-dollar, up to $25k. 🔗 Help us build the foundations for interspecies communication: www.interspecies.io/donate

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

🔊 Throwback to Tim Gardner’s lecture "TweetyBERT: Uncovering Canary Song Syntax" In this 2024 lecture, we explored canary syntax and TweetyBERT — a model analyzing birdsong without human-labeled data! 📺 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzA5_dMo-1g #AnimalCommunication #AIResearch

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

🎨 In 2024, Sophia Brueckner gave the talk “Bowerbirds." 🔸 What does it mean if bowerbirds make art? 🔸 Can humans or computers truly mimic their process? 🔸 How are bowerbirds reshaping how we think about generative AI and creativity? 👉The lecture: tinyurl.com/5e7f5vjw

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

🔔Missed Saturday’s talk? “Letting Animals Speak: Increasing Animal Agency with Animal-Computer Interaction” is now live. ✅ Dr Browning explores what animal agency is, why it matters, and how tech can empower animals with choice and control. 📺Watch: rb.gy/de5azn

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

🔊 Throwback Thursday! Explore with artist–engineer Sophia Brueckner how bowerbirds can help us rethink aesthetics, optimization, and “non-human artists.” 📺 Watch here → www.youtube.com/watch?v=A54T... #InterspeciesInternet #Bowerbirds #AnimalCommunication #ArtAndScience

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

⏰ Reminder: Tomorrow's Lecture! Dr. Heather Browning joins us to discuss how technology can amplify animal voices and choice. 🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you tomorrow! 💚

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

⏰ This Saturday (7 Feb): “Letting Animals Speak” with @zoophilosophy.bsky.social (University of Southampton). How can animal-computer interaction support animal agency and welfare? 📅 5 PM GMT | Online 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Hp…

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

🦉 Throwback to Carl Safina’s 2023 lecture, Alfie & Me. Ecologist and author Carl Safina explores animal psychology, human–nature connections, and what we gain when we deepen our bonds with the living world. 📺 Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC6TGKdM8yU

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

📣 What if animals could help design their own worlds? Join @zoophilosophy.bsky.social for Letting Animals Speak—a lecture on animal agency, ethics & animal-computer interaction. 📅 Feb 7 | Online | Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

🦉 What if your friend group included a screech owl named Alfie? Ecologist Dr. Carl Safina shares how a rescued owl’s journey became a lasting bond, and what it teaches us about connecting with the web of life. 📺 Watch the full lecture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC6T...

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

🏆✨Congratulations to Dr. Irene Pepperberg, recipient of the 2025 Division 3 Lifetime Achievement Award, honoring her decades-long work transforming our understanding of animal cognition! ➡️https://www.apadivisions.org/division-3/awards/lifetime-achievement?tab=3

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🐝 Dame Jane Goodall introduces Lars Chittka’s bee research in her MasterClass. 📺 Watch Dr. Chittka’s full lecture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSaqi2ysDoA

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

🐝 Did you know bees play just for fun? Throwback to Lars Chittka's lecture "The Mind of a Bee." Bees learn by watching, experience emotions, and solve problems they've never encountered before. 📺 Full lecture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSaqi2ysDoA #Bees #AnimalIntelligence #Conservation

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

🦇 You've never seen bats like this The greater sac-winged bats are charismatic communicators — and Dr. Mirjam Knörnschild has the footage and data to prove it! Join the bat talk! Watch the lecture ➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z_vSbsUaZ4

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

🎙️ On the Humans in the Loop podcast, our Director Kate Armstrong explores the world our community is building — from interspecies communication to real-world applications. 🎧 Full episode: Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/0302... Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

🐋📓 MOTH’s new ethics framework for Nonhuman Animal Communication Technologies is live—catch the panel and explore the report: 🔗https://mothlife.org/technology-ecology/nonhuman-animal-communication-technologies/ 🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVVSxNDUyUg

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

🦇Did you know bats sing and take turns “talking”? In her lecture Bats in Translation, Mirjam Knörnschild shares insights from 20+ years studying how bats learn and use social calls in the wild. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z_vSbsUaZ4 #AnimalCommunication #Bioacoustics #BatResearch

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

✍🏽 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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NhMcXMU1pY

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

🎥 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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCeQe3JG8es

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

🔊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 → www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NhMcXMU1pY

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

🌿 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: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/xV…

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🌿 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: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/xV…

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🚀 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: www.interspecies.io/lectures/gal-za…

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zUJLfmvnhU

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

🔊 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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zUJLfmvnhU

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=diwxGf0H1XQ #Dolphins #AnimalIntelligence #DeniseHerzing

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