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 ...

Most people picture lions, roosters, or even cicadas when they think about noisy animals. Their sounds grab attention because we hear them in daily life or through recordings.

As human-caused sound gets louder around the world, some animals change their behavior and many creatures suffer health issues ...

The complexity of vocal communication in some primates, whales and birds might approach that of human language.

Zebra finches have a more complex way of communicating than previously thought. A new study published in the journal Science found that the sociable songbird does not just recognize and organize ...

WBZ-TV's Jacob Wycoff and his son headed to West Springfield to check out the sights, sounds and all the food at the Big E. 29,793 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster ...

Baron Jakob Johann von Uexkull, a Baltic German biologist, mentioned in his book entitled Stroll through the World of Animals that all creatures, including plants, on this planet live in an Umwelt ...

A Japanese athlete channeled his inner quadruped and broke a Guinness World Record by running 100 meters, or 328 feet, in 14.55 seconds -- on all fours.

The Longview Animal Care and Adoption Center’s transport van is taking another group of adoptable animals to a different state: New York. Thanks to community donations, Longview Pets Are Worth Saving ...

Florence & the Machine singer Florence Welch shared she had an ectopic pregnancy that almost killed her, detailing what happened when her fallopian tube ruptured.

Here at Boing Boing, we've discussed misophonia - also known as "sound rage" or, as this article in the journal PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science) describes it, "a disorder characterized by a ...