Ilyena’s research is showcased in over 6,000 articles across international news venues garnering over 400,000 views on her talks and interviews on social media platforms.
For inquiries regarding her work, obtaining photos and videos, or wanting commentary on animal technologies, please get in touch media@glasgow.ac.uk.





The Late Show with Stephen Colbert







2025
Interview for The ABC Science Show for my research on Animal-Computer Interaction and ERC Grant
October, 2025
Interview for The Financial Times and BBC Radio 4 and BBC Wales for my research on Animal Internet
September, 2025
Interview for The American Animal Hosptial Association for my research on Parrot Internet
September, 2025
Interview for The Sunday Post for my groups Lemur Technology
September, 2025
Interview for BrainPLAY magazine for my research on Animal Internet
March, 2025
Interview for Lemmikkilinnut Kaijuli ry for my research on Animal Internet
January, 2025
2024
Interview for The Atlantic as an expert on Pet Fitness Trackers.
December, 2024
Interview on BBC Radio 4 for Animal Communication.
July, 2024
Interview on Data Sketptics on Animal-Computer Interaction
June, 2024
1k+ Articles on the parrot video calls project looking at if parrots understanding of the internet reported in BBC, Sky News, etc.
May, 2024
Articles on the lemur audio research reported in BBC World News, The Times, The Times Radio, My Science, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, The Herald, The Scotsman, Media India, and on TV for That’s TV etc.
April, 2024
200+ articles on the parrot touch screen project reported in New York Times, The Times, News 18, BBC 5 Live, Interesting Engineering, Fox 11, Smithsonian Magazine, Phys, CNN, etc.
March, 2024
2023
Interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Inside Science about my animal tech for top 10 christmas science countdown.
December, 2023
Articles on the giraffe computer audio project, including STV, The Sun, The Scotsman, Vets Community, etc.
November, 2023
Blog for BIAZA (British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquaria) on Policy in Technologies used in Zoos.
October, 2023
1.3k+ articles on my parrot video project, including New York Times, Smithsonian, The Guardian, Forbes, The Washington Post, BBC News etc.
May, 2023
Articles on monkeys using buttons in The Engineer, My Science, Phys , MCRS, VetPol
March, 2023
2022
Dazed Magazine on AI for Interspecies Communication,
September, 2022.
Mercury Magazine on researching the Animal Internet,
July, 2022
Dog Internet featured in a Netflix Documentry ‘The Future of’ interview about my work and dog-tech.
July, 2022
WallStreet Journal article on Dogs featuring my dog tech.
July, 2022
Monkey audio and visual player was reported widely across various BBC and Radios nationwide, and on BBC News and STV on TV and in print, and in various international newspapers, Verve Times, USA News Post, Metro, The Guardian, The Times News, Daily Express, Yahoo News, Sky News,. etc.
June, 2022
Thoughts on the dog internet and dog technology was reported in Podcasts on Natural Speaking and Future Based. Also a news article on DogPhone for USA dog magazine The Wildest and the top newspaper in South Korea ChoSun.
April, 2022
DogPhone and dog internet was broadcast on German TV Duetsche Welle (DW) show EuroMaxx (2k+ views on YT) and Italian news RaiPlay Presairetta.
Feb/ March, 2022
2021
1.5k+ articles on my video call system for dogs coined DogPhone reported in print in The Guardian, The New York Times, The Telegraph, The Times, CNN, Sky News, BBC News, ABC News, New York Post, The Mirror, among others. On TV on BBC News, STV, CNN, Press Diretta Raiplay, Jimmy Kimmel (2> million views) and Have I got News for You (1> million views). Also radio, BBC Radio, Times Radio, Talk Radio, Radio New Zealand, ABC Radio, etc.
November/December 2021.
Video systems for white faced sakis monkeys covered on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert broadcast on USA TV. (1> million views).
March 2021.
Video systems for white faced sakis monkeys reported in international media including Interesting Engineering, IFL Science, Eurek Alert, CNET, etc.
February 2021.
Interviewed and quoted in Wired Magazine on Dogs and Video calls.
February 2021.
Interviewed and quoted in New Scientist on Dogs and AI.
January 2021.
My research on audio systems for white faced sakis monkeys reported in international media including The Guardian, Sky News, Science Alert, CBBC, etc.
November 2021.
– 2020
Recruited by Wagg design a dog TV remote for dogglebox which was reported in the Daily Mail, Mirror, Daily Star, Huffington Post, Yahoo News, Digital Spy, Broadcaster Magazine, etc. July 2016.
Interviewed on BBC Radio Lancashire about my research in ACI. July 2016. Spoke on BBC1 Radio about my research and women in technology representing W-ACM (Women in ACM).
Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas
