We take it for granted that virtually every habitat on Earth is alive with the sounds of animals, from the haunting songs of whales in the oceans to the riotous symphony of birds, frogs and insects in ...

One of the species Stewart captured on audio is the Panamanian Golden Frog, a once-common species now rarely seen in the wild. Mark Newman via Getty Images Martyn Stewart has always listened closely ...

Bats live in a world of sounds. They use vocalizations both to communicate with their conspecifics and for navigation. For the latter, they emit sounds in the ultrasonic range, which echo and enable ...

To experiment with “playing” the strands of a web like the vibrating strings of a musical instrument, scientists at MIT used the web of a tropical tent-web spider (Cyrtophora citricola). A rattlesnake ...

Many animals create sounds through structures in their throats as they push air up through the lungs. However, some vertebrates such as turtles have generally been considered non-vocal. A new study ...

In 2025 we will see AI and machine learning leveraged to make real progress in understanding animal communication, answering a question that has puzzled humans as long as we have existed: “What are ...

Every other Friday on Morning Edition, the Outside/In team answers a question from a listener about the natural world. So, the first thing I learned digging into this question is that it’s important ...