Partners & Projects
Partnering to Decode the Voices of Nature
Our work is made possible through deep collaboration with leading ethologists and research labs from around the world. We are proud to be working together to explore new scientific frontiers.
Dr. Valeria Vergara and Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard
Raincoast Conservation Foundation, Cetacean Conservation Research Program, Canada
Combining rigorous field biology, cutting-edge AI, and long term interdisciplinary collaboration to transform how we study wild orca communication globally. This partnership aims to understand how killer whales coordinate social bonds and movements, and how these vital communication systems are impacted by anthropogenic noise.
Dr. Vittorio Baglione and Dr. Daniela Canestrari
Professors at University of León, School of Biology, Department of Biodiversity & Environmental Management
Studying the role of communication in the cooperative behavior of corvids for 30 years, particularly the relationship between sociality, cooperation and cognition.
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Dr. Logan James
Postdoc at the Sarah Wooley Lab in the Department of Biology, McGill University
Investigating the intricate social vocalizations of zebra finches and the power of generative AI to test whether birds respond to AI-generated vocalizations as they would to real conspecifics.
Dr. Christian Rutz
Professor of Biology at the Centre for Biological Diversity, School of Biology, University of St. Andrews and Founding President of the International Bio-Logging Society
Analyzing the vocal repertoires of tool-using Hawaiian crows, and cooperatively-breeding carrion crows. As a leading expert on wildlife tracking technologies, Professor Rutz is also collaborating with ESP on the sourcing, analysis and interpretation of bio-logging datasets — with a focus on terrestrial taxa.
Deep Dive: Carrion Crows
Can AI help us decode the social dynamics of carrion crows?
Carrion crows are highly intelligent, cooperative breeders that raise their young in family groups. This social complexity makes them an ideal species for exploring how communication, both vocal and behavioral, enables cooperation.
Through our partnership with Dr. Vittorio Baglione and Dr. Daniela Canestrari at the University of León, we’re combining their field recordings, video, biologger data and AI-driven analysis to map their vocal repertoire for the first time.
While still in early stages, this work has the potential to reshape how we study animal communication and could offer new insights into conservation and the evolution of communication.
Our Partners
Our work is made possible through deep collaboration with leading ethologists and research labs from around the world. We are proud to be working with them to superpower their research and to explore new scientific frontiers together. We are also working with a range of thought leaders, ethicists and philosophers to explore the myriad implications of our work for nature and the future of humanity.
