Researchers searched for sounds produced by ants, worms and other creatures underground, soundscapes studied in the emerging field of ecoacoustics. Healthy soil is surprisingly noisy, a new analysis ...

Example spectrograms showing the electric moped sounds and the imitations produced by Chinese Blackbirds. (A)–(B) Three examples of locking sound, unlocking sound, and alarms from three brands of ...

In addition to being one of the most fun words to say—and hardest to spell—in English, “onomatopoeia” probably calls to mind a whole bunch of silly, fun words. Onomatopoeia is the process of creating ...

For many years, people have assumed that sharks are mute in order tp help them silently hunt their prey and avoid other predators. However, for the very first time, researchers have been able to ...

Thirsty or stressed plants emit popping sounds undetectable to the human ear, according to research published Thursday in the journal Cell. Tel Aviv University scientists used special microphones to ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Sharks have a ...

The technique, called AudioLM, generates naturalistic sounds without the need for human annotation. A new AI system can create natural-sounding speech and music after being prompted with a few seconds ...

Sounds produced by European spiny lobsters may be detectable up to nearly two miles (around 10,500 feet) away from the animals, researchers have suggested. These crustaceans make loud rasping sounds ...

Outside an abandoned mine in British Columbia, Canada, the sounds of love are in the air—though you’ll need to tap into ultrasound to enjoy them. Bats are famous for producing sounds that help them ...

In September 2018, a viral video spread on Facebook with a description reading “woman records sunflowers in her garden.” The video shows a woman who has placed two electrode stickers on the leaf of a ...

How loud can sound really get? The human ear can safely hear up to around 120 decibels. Beyond that, it starts to hurt. At 150 decibels, eardrums can rupture. But history has witnessed sounds far ...