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If you're a journalist interested in producing a story on AudioMoth or any Open Acoustic Devices projects, we're happy to make time for a discussion. Email us at theteam@openacousticdevices.info

AudioMoth in the News

2023

BBC - Our Changing Planet

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An episode of the BBC documentary series featuring HydroMoth being used to monitor reefs.

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BBC - Supersenses

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An episode of the BBC Radio 4 podcast about how conservationists use sound to protect animal habitats. Evelyn Piña Covarrubias is interviewed about our use of AudioMoth in Belize.

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2021

Science - Ecology in the age of automation

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AAAS Science article about how biodiversity sampling is being driven by small, low-power computing devices; advances in wireless communications; and an explosion in automated data-recognition algorithms in the field of machine learning. 

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BBC iPlayer - Highlands Rewilding

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BBC Countryfile episode showing AudioMoth being used to as part of the Natural Capital Laboratory in Scotland.

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The Economist - All kinds of new technology are being used to monitor the natural world

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Article on how new technology, such as AudioMoth, are being used to help monitoring and protect biodiversity. 

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Wall Street Journal - Better data, cheaper tech promise to unlock nature's secrets 

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Article by Jackie Snow on how conservationists hope newly launched open-source tools will lend more insight into endangered species and the effects of climate change.

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Journal of Open HW - Open hardware provides a better chance for scientific reproducibility

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Article by Andrew Hill and Alasdair Davies on how open hardware provides a better chance for reuse, data reproducibility and access.

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2020

BBC iPlayer - Inside the Bat Cave

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BBC documentary showing AudioMoth being used to discover the secret world of one of the most endangered and least understood animals on earth – bats. 

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The Guardian - New sensor offers a window into the secret lives of Britain's rarest bats

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Article by Phoebe Weston on how AudioMoth was used to identify 1.7 million bat calls. 

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2019

BBC - Endangered bats: The manicure helping to save a species

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Article by Helen Briggs with picture showing AudioMoth 

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WightLink - Wightlink helps to plot the journey of one of the Isle of Wight’s most special seasonal visitors

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Wight Link press release by Karen Woods where Adrain Bicker describes using AudioMoth to monitor bat migration

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Hackerfarm - Tech 4 Good : AudioMoth

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Article in the Tech 4 Good series where Hackerfarm reviews and discusses technology designed for humanitarian, development, or environmental applications

Silicon Labs - Open Acoustic Devices takes low power to new heights for wildlife conservation

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Blog by Lance Looper describing how the Silicon Labs processor lowers the power for acoustic monitoring

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2018

Chinadialogue - Five technologies to save wildlife from traffickers

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Article by Catherine Early introducing technology built in collaborations between conservationists and tech developers.

RSEC blog - Optimization of sensor deployment for acoustic detection and localization in terrestrial environments

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Article and video introducing our recent paper on sensor optimisation

Medium Article - Acoustic monitoring made affordable with AudioMoth

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Article by Holly Baines discussing how AudioMoth is manufactured and supported at a low cost

Sparkfun Blog Scaling Open-Source Conservation Technology

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Article by Megan Arnold describing how AudioMoth has been scaled to enable global conservation  projects

Mongabay Latam Article - Acoustic monitoring: a new system to fight against hunting and illegal logging

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Article by Yvette Sierra Praeli describing how acoustic monitoring can be used to prevent poaching

Mongabay Article - ‘AudioMoth’ device aims to deliver low-cost, power-efficient monitoring of remote landscapes

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Article by  Mike Gaworecki describing the Methods in Ecology and Evolution publication

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2017

WWF Conservation Technology - Acoustic Monitoring for Conservation and Ecological research

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PDF report by WWF describing the guidelines of using acoustic monitoring, featuring a case study using AudioMoth 

BES Press Release - Listening in: Acoustic monitoring devices detect illegal hunting and logging

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Press release by Sabrina Weiss describing Evelyn Piña Covarrubia's presentation at the ‘Ecology Across Borders’ conference in Ghent

Oxford Sparks Podcast - Where have all the cicadas gone?

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Podcast asking Prof Alex Rogers, Peter Prince and Andrew Hill: Where have all the cicadas gone?

New Scientist Article - Hanging on: In search of the bat that returned from the dead

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Article by Ollie Wearn using AudioMoth to monitor the Cuban greater funnel-eared bat

Medium Article - Listening to the mountain: Using audio recorders to monitor forest birds in Kenya

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Article by Ciira Maina using early prototypes of AudioMoth to monitor the forest birds in Kenya

New Scientist Article - Drones listen in on bats to reveal their in-flight secrets

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Article by Chris Baraniuk using AudioMoth to monitor bats by drone

Journal of Animal Ecology Press - New technologies for listening to bats

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Article by Simon Hoggart using AudioMoth to monitor bats in Madeira 

BBC - The search for Britain's only native species of cicada

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Article by Chris Baraniuk introducing an early version of AudioMoth to monitor the New Forest cicada

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