README.md

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[Earth Species Project (ESP)](https://www.earthspecies.org/) is a non-profit research lab and impact organization focused on using artificial intelligence to advance our understanding of animal communication, and ultimately to decode non-human languages. 

We believe AI has the potential to transform the way we perceive the world around us, expanding the ability of human beings to learn from other species. Our hope is that this will make a significant contribution to altering human perspective on how we relate to the rest of nature.

## Featured Models and Tools: 
- [NatureLM-audio](https://huggingface.co/EarthSpeciesProject/NatureLM-audio): the first audio-language foundation model specifically designed for bioacoustics
  - [Model Card](https://huggingface.co/EarthSpeciesProject/NatureLM-audio)
  - [Training Dataset](https://huggingface.co/datasets/EarthSpeciesProject/NatureLM-audio-training)
  - [Demo](https://huggingface.co/spaces/EarthSpeciesProject/NatureLM-Audio)
  - Learn more about NatureLM-audio: [Github](https://github.com/earthspecies/NatureLM-audio), [Paper](https://openreview.net/forum?id=hJVdwBpWjt), [Demo Page](https://earthspecies.github.io/naturelm-audio-demo/), [Blog Post](https://www.earthspecies.org/blog/introducing-naturelm-audio-an-audio-language-foundation-model-for-bioacoustics)

- [AVEX](https://earthspecies.github.io/avex/): Animal Vocalization Encoder Library for training and evaluating bioacoustics representation learning models 
  - [Collection](https://huggingface.co/collections/EarthSpeciesProject/esp-aves2)
  - [Paper](https://huggingface.co/papers/2508.11845) 
  - [Github](https://github.com/earthspecies/avex)
    
You can stay connected to our work by finding us on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/earthspecies/), our [blog](https://www.earthspecies.org/blog), and checking out our [recent publications](https://www.earthspecies.org/what-we-do/publications).