Bernard L. "Bernie" Krause (born December 8, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan), founder of Wild Sanctuary, an organization dedicated to the recording and archiving of natural soundscapes, is an American musician, author, soundscape recordist and bio-acoustician, who coined the term biophony[1] and helped define the structure of soundscape ecology.[2] Krause holds a Ph.D. with an internship in bioacoustics from Union Institute & University in Cincinnati
