The Museum für Naturkunde is home to one of the largest collections of animal sound recordings in the world. They're studied by scientists to learn about what animals live in an area, and what time(s) of year they're active, and in what abundance. One of the field recorders featured was initially created for use by agents in the CIA! (Scientists used it for spying, too; on birds.) ↓↓↓ Animal Sound Archive: https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/forschung/sammlungen/animal-sound-archive Access the recordings here: http://www.animalsoundarchive.org/ More info through Google Cultural Institute: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/qAICHlSiuFZPJQ Research paper: Information obtained from long-term acoustic recordings: applying bioacoustic techniques for monitoring wetland birds during breeding season. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10336-016-1426-3 About Nationalpark Unteres Odertal: https://www.nationalpark-unteres-odertal.eu/en/ Contribute to Berlin's Nightingale project! Join: Forschungsfall Nachtingall: https://www.facebook.com/groups/428975990858965/?ref=bookmarks Old website: http://nightingale.berlin/ New website (live April 14th): www.forschungsfallnachtigall.de More from the Museum für Naturkunde: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neHO3-PUxVY Learn more on their website: https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en Special thanks to Juliane Röhner and Manja Voß for their generous help and guidance through this process. ---------------------------------------­---------------------------- Help support our videos! http://bit.ly/1TjMRAo Under 'Designation,' put 'The Brain Scoop' - all proceeds go exclusively towards helping the show. We appreciate whatever you can give! -- Come hang out in our Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thebrainscoop/ Instagram.com/egraslie Twitters: @ehmee Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thebrainscoop Tumblr: thebrainscoop.tumblr.com We have a Newsletter! Sign up for updates!: http://bit.ly/2oYTY6p ---------------------------------------­---------------------------- Producer, Writer, Creator, Host: Emily Graslie Producer, Camera, Graphics, Director: Brandon Brungard Producer, Camera: Sheheryar Ahsan Interview with: Dr. Karl-Heinz Frommolt, Curator of the Animal Sound Archive Dr. Sarah Darwin, Researcher at the Museum für Naturkunde ---------------------------------------­---------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Germany, and the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org/ https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en ---------------------------------------------------------------------