The loudest sounds made by an animal are unidirectional clicks produced by sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), which they use for echolocation while hunting for prey in the low-light ocean depths.

Wildlife documentaries like the BBC's recent series, Planet Earth III, are renowned for offering breathtaking images of animals in their natural habitats. You'd be forgiven for thinking these shows ...

Secret World Of Sound With David Attenborough is a nature docuseries that uses enhanced audio to show how animals navigate and survive their environment. As Attenborough says in the show’s opening, ...

Listen to exemplar sound clips of marine sounds, taken from passive acoustic recorders. We have compiled these sounds to provide examples of the variety and breadth of fish and invertebrate sounds.

Did you know that animal sounds can be crucial to your child's early speech and language development? Speech refers to the production of sounds that transform into words through the physical act of ...

Scientists are using new technology to help endangered animals by listening to their sounds. Scientists are using new technology to help endangered animals by listening to their sounds. The research, ...

People who do well on human empathy tests are also measurably better at decoding the emotional sounds of animals, according to a new study. Other aspects, such as age and work related to animals, are ...

Understanding how sea turtles hear and respond to sound is the first step in understanding the impacts of ocean noise on these protected species. Historically, due to unsuccessful early studies and ...

When confronted with recordings of human voices, 19 species fled instantly, while they were less frightened by lion sounds and other potentially threatening recordings. By Lesley Evans Ogden Panting ...

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 ...

Cats are known for their ability to mimic sounds, and this behavior may be influenced by their hunting instincts. In the wild, cats use various vocalizations and sounds to communicate with each other ...