How to Speak Whale, A Voyage Into the Future of Animal Communication - Livestream

What if humans and other animals could speak to one another? Author and wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill reveals how a close encounter with a humpback whale off the coast of California inspired him to spend years exploring the cutting edge of marine biological research with scientists who are combining underwater robots and new advances in artificial intelligence to decode the communications of whales and dolphins and attempt the first-ever two-way communication.

Following on the critically acclaimed launch of his book, 'How To Speak Whale' (A New Yorker Best Book of 2022 and Amazon Editors Pick Top 10 Science Book), Tom will bring us up to speed on why recent technologies have transformed cetacean science, how the current expeditions are going, how citizens can take part, and why this matters. Please join us if you've ever wanted to speak to your dog, or wondered how we might decode the conversations of other species!

Speaker: Tom Mustill, Author