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 ...

A breakthrough camera reveals which fish make which sounds, helping decode reef soundscapes and transform ocean conservation.

From snails to skunks, squirrels to cicadas, most of our neighbors are quiet and seldom interact with us, but they play important roles in the world.

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Researchers from FishEye Collaborative, a conservation-technology nonprofit, Cornell University, and Aalto University have developed a new tool that combines underwater sound recording and 360° video ...

Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds—one of the natural world's greatest symphonies—is a joy like no other. It is not surprising that bird-watching has become an increasingly popular hobby.

Anna Tivel’s songs unfold like poems whispered across a room—delicate, precise, but carrying the weight of entire lives. She has long been one of folk ...

As a bioacoustics researcher, I have spent years studying the communication of animals – from the soft calls of crocodile nestlings synchronizing their hatching and pushing the parent to dig the nest, ...

Sound can be a useful tool for scientists monitoring wildlife populations. But what if you're trying to monitor species in a raging river? A new tool helps cut through all of the noise. Scientists ...

Scientists have long used sound to better understand nature. NPR's Nate Rott reports on a new tool to help them find sounds in one of nature's more noisy environments, rivers. NATE ROTT, BYLINE: Say ...