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An amazing journey into the hidden realm of nature’s soundsThe natural world teems with remarkable conversations, many beyond human hearing range. Scientists are using groundbreaking digital technologies to uncover these astonishing sounds, revealing vibrant communication among our fellow creatures across the Tree of Life.At once meditative and scientific, The Sounds of Life shares fascinating and surprising stories of nonhuman sound, interweaving insights from technological innovation and traditional knowledge. We meet scientists using sound to protect and regenerate endangered species from the Great Barrier Reef to the Arctic and the Amazon. We discover the shocking impacts of noise pollution on both animals and plants. We learn how artificial intelligence can decode nonhuman sounds, and meet the researchers building dictionaries in East African Elephant and Sperm Whalish. At the frontiers of innovation, we explore digitally mediated dialogues with bats and honeybees. Technology often distracts us from nature, but what if it could reconnect us instead?The Sounds of Life offers hope for environmental conservation and affirms humanity’s relationship with nature in the digital age. After learning about the unsuspected wonders of nature’s sounds, we will never see walks outdoors in the same way again.

Bioacoustics --- Landscape ecology. --- Natural history --- Nature sounds --- Noise pollution. --- Sound --- SCIENCE / Acoustics & Sound. --- Research. --- Technique. --- Recording and reproducing. --- Recording and reproducing --- Digital techniques. --- Digital audio --- Digital sound recording --- Digital electronics --- Pollution --- Recording of nature sounds --- Reproducing of nature sounds --- Ecology --- Biological acoustics --- Noise pollution --- Landscape ecology --- Nature --- Son --- Pollution par le bruit. --- Sons --- Enregistrements sonores. --- Enregistrement et reproduction --- Techniques numériques --- SCIENCE / Acoustics & Sound --- SCIENCE / Experiments & Projects --- Nature protection --- Vibrations --- General ecology and biosociology --- Acoustics. --- Activism. --- Analogy. --- Animal echolocation. --- Artificial reef. --- Background noise. --- Beautiful music. --- Beehive fence. --- Beehive. --- Behavior. --- Bioacoustics. --- Biodiversity. --- Biologist. --- Bird. --- Bowhead whale. --- CITES. --- Carl Safina. --- Charismatic megafauna. --- Coastal management. --- Cognitive ethology. --- Collaboration. --- Consciousness. --- Contemporary society. --- Coral reef. --- Cortisol. --- Crustacean. --- Detection. --- Ecology. --- Ecosystem. --- Emerging technologies. --- Environmental noise. --- Environmental protection. --- Ethology. --- Field recording. --- Finding. --- Form of life (philosophy). --- Hatchling. --- Hearing range. --- Honey bee. --- Honeyguide. --- Human intelligence. --- Human voice. --- Human. --- Hydrophone. --- Insect. --- Interactivity. --- Interspecies communication. --- Karaoke. --- Language. --- Larva. --- Lifeway. --- Listening. --- Longevity. --- Loudness. --- Louse. --- Machine learning. --- Mammal. --- Marine biology. --- Marine mammal. --- Microbat. --- Microphone. --- Natural sounds. --- Nutrient. --- Observation. --- Odor. --- Organism. --- Pheromone. --- Phrase (music). --- Physiology. --- Plant. --- Positive feedback. --- Propolis. --- Resonance. --- RoboBee. --- SOSUS. --- Safety in numbers. --- Scientist. --- Seagrass. --- Sense and respond. --- Sensory ecology. --- Shoaling and schooling. --- Social behavior. --- Sociality. --- Sophistication. --- Sound ranging. --- Sound recording and reproduction. --- Soundscape. --- Sparrow. --- Supervisor. --- Technology. --- Turtle. --- Umwelt. --- Vibration. --- Vocal learning. --- Waggle dance. --- Whale vocalization. --- Whaling. --- Wildlife. --- Worker bee. --- Techniques numériques