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Offline mode in the Earth.fm app

We are excited to announce the release of version 1.1 of the Earth.fm app, which is available via Google Play

Field recording failures, managing microplastics, and the charm of carnivorous plants | Newsletter #58

Aannyeong*, friend. 👋 What can be learned from unsuccessful sound-recording excursions? How can the proliferation of microplastic particles be kept

Eight pieces of classical music inspired by the natural world

The industrial revolution began just 260 years ago – a period that accounts for just a 700th of the duration

Lichen lessons, whitethroat mimicry, and summer in Brazil | Newsletter #57

Ĵakšı*, friend. 👋 Which earth.fm playlists from 2023 were the team’s favorites? What does a December day in the forests

Stopping roadkill, Indian field trips, and the cost of seaweed farms | Newsletter #56

Habari*, friend? 👋 In this first newsletter of 2024, earth.fm asks whether seaweed farms could be a future miracle food,

Lessons learned from a failed field recording

It was three in the morning when I woke up, annoyed that it was too early. After tossing and turning

Animal rights, cloud forest sounds, and… what is life? | Newsletter #55

Namaskar*, friend. 👋 Welcome to the 55th edition of the earth.fm newsletter. We’re also delighted to announce that audio production

Soundscapes of ‘Lesser’ Nature (part two)

Soundscapes of Lesser Nature is a soundscape ecology research project that focuses on deep listening as a visceral way to

Elephant nomenclature, sharks in Indigenous myth, and space: the far-fetched frontier | Newsletter #54

Praṇāma*, friend. 🙋🏻‍♂️ How does the wildlife of Tanzania sound when it celebrates rainfall? Why isn’t living on Mars a

An overview of animal rights around the world

This article explores animal rights with a focus on the current legal status of animals around the world – from

The sound of silence, mining SE Asian rainforest, and the importance of darkness | Newsletter #53

Mari mari*, friend. 🙋🏻‍♂️ Could a conclusion have been reached about whether we hear silence, or only perceive it by

Interview with conservationist, zoologist, and field recordist Chris Hails

Chris Hails grew up in Bolton, an industrial town in the north of England. He enjoyed attending university in Scotland,

Attenborough’s witness statement, Mars’ greenwashing, and recording in Kenya | Newsletter #52

Kaimen*, friend. 🙋🏻‍♂️ What is it like to be a female soundscape recordist in rural Kenya? What does David Attenborough

Silence definition: Is silence a sound after all?

Hello, darkness, my old friend. In this article, we will explore the definition of silence, particularly in relation to recent

A Halloween playlist, an autumnal soundscape, and Baltimore student activism | Newsletter #51

Mambo vipi*, friend? 🙋🏻‍♂️ Can student activists win in the fight against local polluters? Is there a place for ‘controversial’

Field recording experiences with earth.fm in Kenya

After being awarded the earth.fm Grant and taking an online field recording course, I embarked on a mission to identify

The earth.fm newsletter turns 50!

Benvignùo*, friend, to the 50th edition of the earth.fm newsletter! 🎉 What is acoustic aposematism? How can environmentalism benefit from

David Attenborough’s witness statement

In 2020, at the age of 94, David Attenborough published A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a

Talking to the animals, a Sumatran insect chorus, and protecting Arctic wildlife | Newsletter #49

Welta’sualul*, friend. 👋 Could AI enable us to someday converse in polar bear and python and curse in fluent kangaroo?

Recording in Brazil, frogs playlist, and fluorescent mammals | Newsletter #48

¿Quiubo*, friend? 👋 Will the scrapping of the final leg of England’s high speed train line mitigate or exacerbate its

Could AI allow us to speak to animals like Doctor Doolittle?

Discussion of artificial intelligence (AI) is currently inescapable, whether it’s being positioned as a messianic salve for all of the

Nature-recording tips, rainforest playlist, & hamster reintroduction | Newsletter #47

Haw’li xon’ ma’*, friend? 👋🏼 How can nature recordists manage to listen to all of the recordings they make? Just

How I came to record in the Atlantic Forest

“The Atlantic Forest domain stretches from the northeastern to the southern regions of Brazil and northern Argentina and southeastern Paraguay.

The case for degrowth, nature sounds for baby sleep, & an Indigenous Brazilian victory | Newsletter #46

Ɛte sεn*, friend? 👋🏼 Can the degrowth model provide a more credible alternative measure of human development than GDP? Can

Curating your own sound recordings

Here’s a question I receive quite often: how do you manage to listen to all the recordings you capture? Let

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