Bush dogs are medium-sized carnivores from Central and South America, known for their chirpy sounds. The IUCN Red List classifies them as Near Threatened. While that might indicate that they don't ...

Scientists have long suspected that birdsong eases stress and anxiety, but a surprising new study from the University of ...

One meant a sound they found unpleasant, five a lovely one. Averaged across every species, the score came out at 3.13. The ...

A team of researchers has discovered specific acoustic characteristics that enhance the enjoyment of birdsong for humans.

The blackbird topped the pleasantness table and barn owls' sounds are considered the least pleasant, according to a new ...

One of the downsides of city living, for some people at least, is the din. Even a weekend in the countryside - with the dewy greens of a foggy morning, the oxygen-rich forest air and the music of ...

Birds pay no attention to the borders we draw. Their songs travel with them across continents, along the great flyways, carrying news of one landscape to the next. Wherever BirdLife ...

The four men are seen piling into the car, only for it to fail to start, prompting Simon to groan: ‘Ah, for f**** sake.’ When ...

Answering the call of the wild! Here's how our sound preferences stack up against other animals, from birdsong to baboon barks. 🐦🔊 ...

Researchers discovered that the global diversity of bird songs is built from just eight fundamental sound motifs, shaped by ...

Scientists are realizing that turtles, lizards and crocodilians communicate vocally more than they once thought ...

Scientists played artificial traffic noise in songbird territories to see what would happen when the birds thought a rival ...