Can we figure out animal behaviour by listening to the sounds they produce? In this episode, you’ll hear from scientists who listen closely to wildlife ranging from large mammals to insects.

Wild Frequencies is a three-part mini-series by Mongabay-India in which wildlife researchers from India share their stories of sounds from the animal world. They decode those wild frequencies for us, one song, one howl, and one chirp at a time.

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Guests:
Seema Lokhandwala, Elephant Acoustic Project
Manjari Jain, Associate Professor, Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER, Mohali)

Reported and written by Shreya Dasgupta and Kartik Chandramouli
Editing, music, and sound design by Abhijit Shylanath
Episode artwork by Hitesh Sonar
Recordings of Asian elephants by Elephant Acoustics Project, African savannah elephants by Elephantvoices.org, and cricket by Manjari Jain

Most wild animals are not easy to spot. They are often hidden, camouflaged, or just not around when you are.

But instead of trying to ‘see’ them, what if we try and ‘listen’ to them? After all, animals communicate. For some researchers, all this talking and chattering is gold. They use sounds to find animals that are difficult to observe and also to count them!

Wild Frequencies is a three-part mini-series by Mongabay-India, where wildlife researchers from India share their stories of sounds from the animal world. They decode those wild frequencies for us, one song, one howl, and one chirp at a time.

Follow Everything Environment by Mongabay India for more episodes.

For show notes, visit our website.

Guests:
Rohit Chakravarty, Nature Conservation Foundation
Isha Bopardikar, IISER Tirupati
Bilal Habib, Wildlife Institute of India

Reported and written by Shreya Dasgupta and Kartik Chandramouli; Editing, music, and sound design by Abhijit Shylanath; Episode artwork by Hitesh Sonar; Sound clips by Rohit Chakravarty (NCF), Isha Bopardikar (IISER Tirupati), and Bilal Habib (WII)

Animals communicate. And some researchers listen to what they are saying.

Hosts Shreya Dasgupta and Kartik Chandramouli travelled to different parts of India and spoke to multiple scientists to hear stories of sounds from the animal world. They will decode those wild frequencies for us, one song, one howl, and one chirp at a time.

Wild Frequencies is a three-part mini series exploring an emerging science called bioacoustics, which is helping us learn more about wildlife and find ways to protect it.

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Hosted by Shreya Dasgupta and Kartik Chandramouli
Editing, music, and sound design by Abhijit Shylanath
Artwork by Hitesh Sonar