The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is the largest and oldest scientific archive of audio and video recordings of wildlife in the world. Now, its collection of more than 150,000 ...

DETROW: That chirping you're hearing right now is the western meadowlark. It's one of the sounds that made the Macauley Library's list of best audio recordings of 2025. The library is an online ...

Digital archives are essential for sharing information and encouraging its preservation, especially for sound. Unlike photography, text, or visual art, it’s a medium that requires a form of listening ...

Far from having a stern librarian to “shush!” you and your friends, the Macaulay Library is, in fact, the noisiest library around! Housed at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Macaulay Library’s ...

Johanna's work on meadowlark song was recently featured in a news article on the Macaulay Library website. Their song research has focused on differentiating Lilian's, Eastern, and Western meadowlarks ...