Newborn chicks match “kiki” with spiky shapes and “bouba” with round ones, revealing the curious bouba-kiki effect in animals.

Human activity is making the underwater world increasingly noisy. Ph.D. candidate Fien Demuynck researched how wind farms affect fish and how to minimize any negative impact. "We don't want animals to ...

The physics behind shoe squeaks is surprisingly complex. Phil Roeder via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0. As illustrated by the High School Musical song “Get’cha Head in the ...

The boom of a calving glacier. The crackling rumble of a wildfire. The roar of a surging storm front. They’re the noises of ...

Sound Stock has officially launched its new royalty-free audio platform, providing digital creators, filmmakers, and game ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Sound editor Al Nelson wanted to recreate the experience of a Formula One race: “It’s something you feel in your bones.” By Beatrice Verhoeven Awards Editor F1 sound editor Al Nelson and his team ...

Lived experiences shared by identical twins Helen Besgrove and Kirsty Neal show how deeply this trait can shape memory, creativity and even professional life. Medical insights help explain why this ...

Ex-Clinton Cabinet secretary exchanged emails regularly with Epstein after conviction, new docs reveal Government 'appalled' by beach pellet incident Pennies are being canceled and the US Mint won't ...

Dogs do it, cats do it, deer do it – in fact, many species of mammals can swivel their ears to direct their hearing. Humans lost this ability about 25 million years ago, but according to a new study, ...

Not long ago, Fred Armisen was reminiscing about the sound-effect LPs he used to stock at the Chicago record store where he worked in the Nineties. These vinyl platters contained all kinds of sounds, ...