Wildlife at the Watering Hole - February 2025 - Dr Ben Walker

Dr Ben Walker

Our world is getting noisier, and it’s getting harder for animals to hear one another over humans. Come along to hear me talk about the changes our animals may be facing, and how current research may help us find where animals are, what they’re saying, and what that might mean in the Anthropocene.

About Ben:

https://benjjwalker.github.io/portfolio/

I am an evolutionary ecologist with an interest in broadscale macroevolutionary and macroecological approaches, statistical modelling, and applied outcomes of ecological and environmental management. I have worked on diverse systems across vertebrates, from whales to frogs (and all the felids, canids, bats, and birds in between). I completed my PhD at UNSW on the evolution of extreme acoustic traits – animal source levels and sound propagation.