A new effort to monitor the seas by sound says, resoundingly, yes. The ocean—especially busy places such as coral reefs—can ...

Across a Swiss meadow and into its forested edges, the drone dragged a jumbo-size cotton swab from a 13-foot tether. Along its path, the moistened swab collected scraps of life: some combination of ...

Then came the third grandchild. The tiny tornado with curly hair and a lion’s heart. He arrived like a meteor—noisy, joyful, demanding—and the very foundations of Nana’s fortress of discipline began t ...

Coral reefs are necessarily gorgeous in color and movement, but below the waves there is a similarly colorful world of sound. Underwater, there is a soundscape of snapping shrimp, grunting fish, and ...

To survive, animals have instinctive reactions to the weather, migrating birds being just one example. Knowing how game ...

Rice’s whale is the only baleen whale species that lives year round in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico in the continental ...

Most people picture lions, roosters, or even cicadas when they think about noisy animals. Their sounds grab attention because ...

I n 1984, a team of scientists were studying a group of dolphins and whales at the National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF). During their research, staff had started to notice weird, human-like noises ...

Almost exactly one year after Salt Spring’s agricultural community crowded Lions Hall to press for change in the wake of a ...

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 ...

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

There is a great choice of shows for younger audiences at Northampton’s Royal & Derngate in October, with two popular ...