When my children were toddlers, our weekends included regular outings to the Baltimore zoo or aquarium. Once back from the zoo, we’d make our own. Our best no-cost amusement was imitating animal ...

Western University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Western University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Did you know that animal sounds can be crucial to ...

Visitors can hear Björk's immersive, otherworldly soundscape, Nature Manifesto, over the next few weeks as they climb the long, glass escalator that hugs the side of Centre Pompidou in Paris, France.

The sounds of nature can be incredibly soothing — just think of those zen meditation tracks filled with chirping birds amid the gentle babbling of a brook in the forest. However, not all of nature’s ...

Passive acoustic monitoring of biodiversity involves capturing the sounds of animals emitted intentionally or unintentionally in a wide variety of ecosystems, using acoustic recorders. It is used to ...

As scientists use machine learning to decode the sounds of whales, dogs, and dolphins, opinions vary on how best to deploy the technology. reading time 7 minutes Chirps, trills, growls, howls, squawks ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. For an exciting new podcast series featuring Indian scientists at the forefront of bioacoustics research, Mongabay newswire editor Shreya Dasgupta ...

If a porkfish swims by and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? A new effort to monitor the seas by sound says, resoundingly, yes. The ocean—especially busy places such as coral reefs—can ...

For years, people assumed sharks were the silent type, but that’s not true, and they aren’t alone when it comes to creatures like sharks that make noises. Some of the world’s strangest creatures make ...