The Whale Song Project is asking the public to help marine researchers understand whale communication. Volunteers listen to calls from killer whales and pilot whales, and then try to match the distincive sounds to other calls in the database.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The coolest citizen science project ever.
The number of ways that citizens can contribute to real research is many and, because of budget cuts, growing. I promise a post is coming soon covering the full plethora of ways you can volunteer. In the meantime, this has to be the top of my list.
The Whale Song Project is asking the public to help marine researchers understand whale communication. Volunteers listen to calls from killer whales and pilot whales, and then try to match the distincive sounds to other calls in the database.
The Whale Song Project is asking the public to help marine researchers understand whale communication. Volunteers listen to calls from killer whales and pilot whales, and then try to match the distincive sounds to other calls in the database.
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