Animals are noisy. And their noises can travel a long way. But making sounds can be a double-edged sword: it can help them communicate, sometimes over long distances, but it can also reveal them to ...

Does “bouba” sound round to you? How about “maluma”? Neither are real words, but we’ve known for decades that people who hear them tend to associate them with round objects. There have been plenty of ...

An equine makes the low-pitched part of its whinny by vibrating its vocal cords—similar to how humans speak and sing—and the high-pitched part by whistling ...

Animal Collective members Dave Portner (Avey Tare) and Brian Weitz (Geologist) have emerged with a new instrumental duo project dubbed Croz Boyce.

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If you're looking for something that'll put a smile on your face, this video, Lauren Allen, from Trying to Homestead, shared of the animals around her farm enjoying snacks is a winner. Make sure your ...

How horses whinny has long been a mystery. The sound is quite distinct from any other in the animal kingdom. And now scientists think they’ve discovered why: horses whinny by producing sounds at two ...

Modern life is fast. That might be why "Slow TV" is taking off. The genre includes nature livestreams, like the one ...

Tobacco hornworm caterpillars have no organs that resemble ears. Yet, scientists were able to figure out how they hear—and it could inspire next generation microphones. To understand hearing in the ...

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Noise in animal housing facilities is an environmental variable that can affect hearing, behavior and physiology in mice. The authors measured sound levels in two rodent housing rooms (room 1 and room ...