Rare bird spotted on outback cattle station for first time A project with dozens of monitoring sites across the Queensland property confirms the presence of the critically endangered plains-wanderer by analysing bird calls.

An algorithm from @openecoacoustics.bsky.social flagged plains-wanderer calls after scanning thousands of hours of audio from a remote QLD cattle station, helping confirm the species in a new location 👀 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

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Ecoacoustics in Action: Real-World Applications and Insights - Open Ecoacoustics Webinar Series - 1 YouTube video by Australian Research Data Commons - ARDC

We kicked off the 2025 Open Ecoacoustics Webinar Series with a vibrant session on real-world conservation in Australia!

From endangered cockatoos to fire-affected forests, hear how sound is transforming ecological research.

🎥 youtu.be/WBaz4mCIsjE
#OpenEcoacoustics #Ecoacoustics @ardc.edu.au

🚧 Scheduled Maintenance 🚧

The Open Ecoacoustics platform will be offline from 8 AM, 5 June to 8 AM, 6 June (AEST) for essential HPC cluster maintenance.

⛔ Services will be unavailable. Thanks for your patience!

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Ecoacoustics in Action: Real-World Applications and Insights Join us to hear about applications of the Open Ecoacoustics platform for continental-scale ecological monitoring and research

Discover how sound is transforming biodiversity research—from tracking endangered species to understanding ecosystems after fire. 🌏🎙️Register on Eventbrite.

🎤 Featuring:
Lola Lange (QUT)
Dr Slade Allen-Ankins (JCU)
Karen Rowe (Museums Victoria)

#Ecoacoustics #Conservation #OpenScience @ardc.edu.au

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We have an update about our open-source UI components for spectrograms, annotations, and verification grids. Easy to integrate and customise! Read more in our blog: openecoacoustics.org/posts/web-co...
#WebComponents #OpenSource #Ecoacoustics

Home Call for Abstracts Data for positive change: Empowering communities and advancing research Call for sessions, papers and abstracts now open Read more on abstracts I would like to invite you to attend…

Join the International Data Week 2025 from October 13-16 in Brisbane. Discover cutting-edge data strategies under "Data for Positive Change." Hosted by the Australian Research Data Commons, expect workshops and networking. #DataInnovation #IDW2025

Good news! Our services, including #Ecosounds and #A2O, are back online sooner than expected: now! Thank you for your patience and understanding during the outage. We appreciate your support and wish everyone the best in their recovery efforts.

Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the recent extreme weather in QLD and NSW. Unfortunately, our services, including #Ecosounds and #A2O, are still down. We aim to have them restored in the coming days and will keep you updated.

🚨Attention Australian ecoacoustic community! 🚨 Stay safe and prepared. Our services, including #Ecosounds and #A2O, will be down from 3 pm today until next week due to server shutdowns for the #cycloneAlfred. #StaySafe #ecoacoustics #bioacoustics @ardc.edu.au

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'Monumental': AI helps locate rare Aussie bird not seen in more than 30 years The plains-wanderer bird was rediscovered roaming in Melbourne's west after AI call recognisers picked up i...

Other news outlets are picking up the story about locating Plains Wanderers, a project we are proud to have contributed to.

I DM'd you @daryllmarie.bsky.social :)

Using the Power of Sound to Tackle Australia’s Biodiversity Crisis | ARDC Discover how the Open Ecoacoustics platform is helping researchers monitor biodiversity in Australia through the power of sound, AI and open data to protect wildlife and ecosystems.

Discover how Open Ecoacoustics helps researchers listen to the land to preserve Australia’s native animals and ecosystems. 🌿🔉

"Australia’s bushland has a voice. As biodiversity declines, nature’s voice is changing."

🔗 Read the @ardc.edu.au case study: ow.ly/Ca8n50UZWU8
#Ecoacoustics #Conservation

Using the Power of Sound to Tackle Australia’s Biodiversity Crisis | ARDC Discover how the Open Ecoacoustics platform is helping researchers monitor biodiversity in Australia through the power of sound, AI and open data to protect wildlife and ecosystems.

Australia’s bushland has a voice. But as #biodiversity continues to decline, nature’s voice is changing.
Discover how #researchers use sound to monitor Australia's native #wildlife w/ @openecoacoustics.bsky.social
🔉Read the case study: ow.ly/Ca8n50UZWU8
@charlessturtuni.bsky.social
#ecoacoustics

‘Like finding gold’: plains-wanderers spotted in Melbourne’s west for first time in 30 years with help of AI Critically endangered bird detected after analysis of tens of thousands of hours of song meter recordings

Ecoacoustic monitoring using our platform found Plains-Wanderers in Melbourne for the first time in 30 years! 🎉 Thanks to the collaboration between AWC, NAPCo and QUT #Conservation #Ecoacoustics

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Graphic showing a donut chart on the left and text on the right. The background is a beige colour. The donut chart has an image of a brown frog in the middle. It shows that 79% of frog observation records added to the ALA have been from FrogID. The text on the right explains that is 698,215 frog records total!

It’s #FrogIDweek, an annual week to get as many frog observations as possible with the #FrogID app. FrogID has made a massive impact on Australia’s frog data!

Read more: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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ARDC Nectar Research Cloud Showcase | ARDC Join us in person at O-Week 2025 at the University of Adelaide to explore the ARDC Nectar Research Cloud and accelerate your research.

Did you know you can access the @ardc.edu.au Nectar Research Cloud via the Australian Access Federation?

📅 We're looking forward to attending the upcoming Australian Research Data Commons Nectar Research Cloud Showcase at the University of Adelaide, February 24.

Passive acoustic monitoring of cave-dwelling bats with a sonotype classifier The aim of this study in the Republic of Congo was to test a new method to conduct a quantitative study of cave-dwelling bat communities using acoustics. This area is characterised by limited knowl...

🦇 New acoustic method to quantify cave-dwelling bats.

📈 By enhancing the Tadarida classifier with local recordings, researchers achieved up to 98% accuracy. This first local use confirms that quantitative bat assessments are feasible with minimal effort, even in data-poor regions.

#bioacoustics

SCIENCESHOTS What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before

When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.

Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx

The #SuperBowl? Yeah we're watching the Superb Owl 👀

📸Rufous Owl by Laurie Ross, Powerful Owl by Kristian Bell, Masked Owl by John Barkla and Barking Owl by Nicolas Rakotopare

Excited about 2025 plans! For example, we are improving a new Verification Interface to improve annotation accuracy. More features & community engagement are planned. Read our blog post here: openecoacoustics.org/posts/2025-p...

Summer monitoring season in full swing - let’s find those glossy black-cockatoos! #bioacoustics

Reflecting on 2024 🌟
- 1.8M recordings uploaded
- 132 years of data added
- 186 TB of data uploaded
- 6.7M recordings downloaded
- 196 new users

👉24% of all our data was uploaded to A2O and Ecosounds just last year!

Thank you to all our partners, users, and contributors!

#Growth #Milestones #Data

Open Ecoacoustics | ARDC The Open Ecoacoustics platform is enabling continental-scale ecological monitoring and research.

Introducing Open Ecoacoustics: a platform for continental-scale ecological monitoring and research in Australia. As part of ARDC's Machine Observation Data Processing Infrastructure, we use ecoacoustic technologies to promote open science and conservation. #OpenScience #Ecoacoustics #bioacoustics

New pre-print! 🎙️🦉

Automated Note Annotation after Bioacoustic Classification: Unsupervised Clustering of Extracted Acoustic Features Improves Detection of a Cryptic Owl

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

#bioacoustics #machinelearning #conservation

Help Shape the ARDC Community Data Lab for HASS and Indigenous Research | ARDC The ARDC Community Data Lab (CDL), initiated by the ARDC HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons, offers diverse tools, datasets, analysis environments, and collaboration options for humanities, art...

Help shape the ARDC Community Data Lab to support #HASS and #Indigenous #research
📆 18 Feb, online
✍️Learn more and register ardc.edu.au/event/help-s...

ARDC National Skills Forum: Skills Catalytic Converters | ARDC The ARDC National Skills Forum is a monthly online forum for researchers and research support professionals hosted by the ARDC. In February 2025, we'll discuss the road ahead after training.

📅 19 FEB, online: For researchers, #skills training is often only the first step. How can they apply training to real-world #research questions? Join us to explore the road ahead after training & skills catalytic converters!

🔗 Register now > ardc.edu.au/event/ardc-n...