about us

About Us Staff

The sound you hear on this page is a Jackass penguin.

Fauna Communications Research Institute, founded in 1992, is a non-profit (501- C3) institute dedicated to the study of animal communication, especially those animals that are endangered in the wild. This type of animal communication research contributes extensively to the knowledge of an animal, and helps with its continued conservation and protection. We have a vocalization database of endangered and threatened species that we are continually updating.

"Humans tend to equate communication with intelligence, perhaps the public would do more to protect these great creatures if they consider them knowing."

We help other researchers, universities, zoos, and students conduct their own research, and also perform novel research of our own.

Goals

We believe that there are some animals that are capable of healing themselves. We can use this knowledge to generate new non-interventional methods for humans to employ, and to provide third-world countries with premium and inexpensive health care. Computer and recording technology has come so far that we are able to test whether some animals, if not all, use grammatical structures like humans do. SEE OUR Polynesia Program. This research is not based on observation, so the results are completely objective. We present at major scientific conferences, and are published in major scientific journals.

OUR STAFF

E. von Muggenthaler, President, Bio-acoustician, author, avid skier, surfer, diver, rider etc.

Daniel Perera, Vice-president, engineer, Airline Transport Pilot, diver, skier, sailor

Brad Lympany, Bio-acoustician, Rhinoceros Biology Group, hiker, kayaker

Patrick Feltz, Software engineer, comedian, avid brewer

Michael Renaud, Field research technician, Nascar starter flagman, mechanical engineer, snowmobiler

Bart Craft, DSP, real-time Signal Analysis guru, NI, Skateboard in a big way

Mark Fischer, Bio-acoustician, windsurfer, whale buddy, artist