Noise is invisible; there’s no billowing smokestack, no soiled waterway. We just got used to it as it vibrated in the ...

Animal communication can look wildly different—flashing lights, chirping calls, croaking songs and elaborate dances. But new ...

A recent ten-day “symphony of disappearing sounds” brought attention to the fragility of the Western Hemisphere’s largest ...

There’s a sure sign that spring is just around the corner. Over the past couple of weeks, the silence of the night has been ...

The film Dog Day Afternoon barely uses music. For its Broadway adaptation, they brought in David Bowie, avant-garde jazz, and ...

That special linguistic connection between a stone-skinned alien and the reluctant astronaut Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) was ...

April showers bring May flowers. April showers also make frogs explode into a chorus after spring rain. These frogs are not simply croaking for communication. The loudest frogs are signaling that they ...

In the humid, rain-drenched corridors of the Kali Tiger Reserve in Karnataka, a familiar “tock” sound led to an extraordinary scientific discovery. A collaborative team of researchers and frontline ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study from the University of Texas at Austin suggests humans and animals often prefer the same sounds. By using an online ...

Guzheng player Yuan Sha's new album, Lotus Emerging Out of Water, was recorded in a unique way to capture the sounds of nature. CHINA DAILY The latest album by guzheng player Yuan Sha takes listeners ...

The post-winter rains have come, temperatures are rising, and salamanders are undertaking their once-a-year migrations to pools where they will breed. This important event, named the ‘Big Night’ by ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The days are beginning to stretch, and the stirrings of nature show first signs of spring. To call in the season, healers Lauralynn Vineyard, aka Featherpistol, Craig Newman ...