Taking It Further - Weblinks

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Rough sounds

Armed with the most basic of tools, our Rough Science team were set the challenge of recording a sound. See how they set about it on the Rough Science 2 website.

Hear some plans

Interested in courses that look at the science of sound, the way the natural world works, the way we perceive sound, or ways of containing noise pollution? See what courses the Open University has on offer.

From science and nature on bbc.co.uk:
Wild Down Under - can you identify the Australian creatures by their sound alone?

Dawn Chorus - follow dawn across the globe as a world of birds welcome the new day.

The Nature of Song - do animals convey emotion as well as information through their calls?

Hearing - all this noise would be lost if we weren't equipped to hear it and process it. Find out how the ears work.

Elsewhere on the web:
Midwest Frogs has sound and video clips of a variety of species of calling frogs and toads during the breeding season, as well as interviews with a noted researcher who explains the benefits to females of mate choice based on call attributes.

Bristol Bat Ecology and Bioacoustics Lab - Listen to the echolocation calls of British species of bat.

The Elephant Listening Project - Find out how important infrasound is to the elephants – and the researchers who study them.

The North American Amphibian Monitoring Program - What it’s like to be a volunteer on a calling frog survey and how this research helps to monitor amphibian populations.

Chicago Wilderness Calling Frog Survey - More from our vocal amphibian friends.

The Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force - home page at the Open University, with more information on this global problem and lots of links to other relevant web resources.

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