Selected Media Appearances
More exciting coverage from Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) on our SELFCURE project funded by the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) to understand the causes and consequences of self-medication behavior in wild fruit bats! this has been an amazing and ongoing collaboration with Dr. Ralph Simon, Rachel Page, Daniel Becker and many others.
Passive electroreception in the bottlenose dolphin
International media
Nature Research Highlights, 30.11.2023: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03750-8
New York Times, 30.11.2023: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/science/dolphins-electric-fields-sense.html
Science, 04.12.2023: https://www.science.org/content/article/dolphins-can-feel-electricity
New Scientist, https://www.newscientist.com/article/2405730-bottlenose-dolphins-can-sense-electric-fields-with-their-snouts/
El País, 01.12.2023: https://elpais.com/ciencia/2023-11-30/los-delfines-mulares-tienen-un-septimo-sentido-sienten-la-electricidad.html
ScienceNews, 30.11.2023: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bottlenosed-dolphins-sense-electric-fields-hunt-prey
Smithsonian Magazine, 01.12.203: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bottlenose-dolphins-may-have-an-electric-sense-study-finds-180983358/
Psychology Today, Animal Minds: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/animal-minds/202311/bottlenose-dolphins-sense-electricity
INVERSE, 30.11.2023: https://www.inverse.com/science/bottlenose-dolphins-sense-electroreception-electric-fields-perception
EurekAlert, 30.11.2023: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1008911
German media
STERN, 01.12.2023: https://www.stern.de/panorama/wissen/navigation–delfine-spueren-schwache-elektrische-felder-34248924.html
Spektrum, 01.12.2023: https://www.spektrum.de/news/sinne-delfine-spueren-elektrische-felder/2200264
FAZ, 01.12.2023: https://www.faz.net/agenturmeldungen/dpa/delfine-spueren-schwache-elektrische-felder-19352952.html
Bioacoustic research
ScienceNewsExplores, 02.11. 2023: Meet robots on a mission to help birds
Frankfurter Allgemeine, 06.05.2023, Ein dichter Pelz für die akustische Bühne
DisneyPlus, Super/Natural, 2023: Episode 5 Scenes of nectar-feeding bats approaching Mucuna holtonii flowers, which have acoustic guides to draw in bats – the visualization of the sound is just amazing.
Galileo (German TV), 30.06.2022https://www.prosieben.de/serien/galileo/videos/tierisch-bekifft-so-werden-tiere-high
Discover Magazine, 14.11.2020: https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-secrets-of-bat-echolocation-could-help-robots-navigate-with-sound
Pro7, Galileo, Episode 171, 30.06.2022 • 19:05, Tierisch bekifft – so werden Tiere high
Netflix, Our Planet II, 2019: Our research on the bat and pitcher plant mutualism and their sophisticated acoustic communication system via plant reflectors is featured in the new Netflix documentary Our Planet II: https://www.netflix.com/de-en/title/80049832 (Episode 3, Min 21:30 ff)