Dear colleagues, I wanted to alert you to a special collection on *Bioacoustic Data* <https://www.nature.com/collections/igddbigeec> being launched by /Scientific Data. /We are currently welcoming submissions of Data Descriptors to this collection, which arenon-traditional articles that describe externally deposited data. They provide detailed descriptions of research datasets, including the methods used to collect the data and technical analyses supporting the quality of the measurements. Data Descriptors focus on helping others reuse data, rather than testing hypotheses, or presenting new interpretations, results or in-depth analyses. You only need to share and describe useful data to be able to contribute a paper. This article Collection is a great opportunity to contribute to sharing and describing open bioacoustic datasets, promote your contributions for others to use and cite, and gain credit for the work. If you are interested in preparing a manuscript for consideration at /Scientific Data /as part of this Collection, and/or would like additional information, please feel free to contact me at lsayigh@whoi.edu. Laela Sayigh