Seabird secrets revealed by bioacoustics in New Zealand




Mongabay Newscast show

Summary: Megan Friesen is a conservation biologist using bioacoustics technology to examine the breeding behavior of a secretive Pacific seabird called Buller’s shearwater, which breeds on remote islands off of New Zealand. Friesen explains why bioacoustics techniques are critical to this research and plays recordings of the birds from both of the main islands where it breeds. Plus we round up the recent top environmental & conservation science news. If you like what you hear, please subscribe and tell a friend!