Hiking through the dense rainforest of Madagascar, scientists heard a series of “otherworldly” sounds. The “somewhat bizarre” calls came from several “cute” creatures living near streams. They turned ...

Recalibrating our senses reveals that animals are indeed talking and communicating ideas, feelings, and information with ...

As with any animal, a raccoon’s main concerns are to find food, mate, and protect themselves and their young. The sounds they make are ways to communicate with one another or warn away predators. As ...

Ordinary household sounds that we often take for granted can be a significant source of stress for our pets, leading to ...

Many animals produce sound for communication and navigation, from birds and bats to marine mammals, fish, amphibians and many invertebrates. By doing this, they broadcast information about themselves ...

They'd then play the sounds of humans, lions, dogs, gunshots, or birds, and record the animals' reactions. In the over 4,000 times that they ran this trial, Zanette and her colleagues found that ...

The sound is so loud, the snapping shrimp competes with much larger creatures, such as the blue whale, to be the loudest animal in the ocean. Reef sounds are beneficial to some marine animals, which ...

Warwick University has joined forces with Australia's University of New South Wales to analyse sounds made by animals, including types of birds and elephants. The scientists are using a new method ...

Scientists have discovered that geckos possess a hidden "sixth sense" that's reshaping our understanding of how animals hear.