From a dog that 'sees with its nose' to an eagle spotting humans kilometres away, animal senses work in fascinating ways.

Fish were discovered to make sounds more than 2,000 years ago, but they have gone largely unheard by humans. While a typical, ...

A new study reveals that a cat's purr reveals more about its identity and emotions than the familiar, flexible meow.

Previous methods of studying fish sounds often involved divers interfering in the fishes’ habitats, or researchers recording ...

If bowhead whales produce particularly varied and diverse calls in one area, it is very likely that the area is a breeding ...

Different frequencies sound different to us. For instance, when you hum deeply, that’s about 200 Hz. The metallic sound of a ...

Bowhead whales likely reproduce beneath the sea ice northwest of Spitsbergen, while using the open water in the eastern Fram Strait as a migration corridor. This conclusion comes from researchers in ...

Purring isn’t just comfort. New research suggests cat purrs act like vocal fingerprints, preserving identity even as meows ...

Say you want to listen in on a group of super-intelligent aliens whose language you don't understand, and whose spaceship ...

Like corn kernels in slowly heating oil, the orca sightings began sparse and unpredictable. But at some imperceptible moment, ...

One student's research project shows that birdwatching isn't only a fun hobby. It also has the power to direct birding research.

Virginia’s winters can feel completely different depending on which part of the state you are in. While in the Appalachian ...