Wilmington International Airport is about one year into its Part 150 Noise Study and early results detail some neighborhoods ...

A new clinical trial suggests that ultra-quiet, frequency-matched sound might help ease tinnitus by gently calming the ...

All air-breathing vertebrates have a larynx—a structure of muscles and folds that protects the trachea and, in many animals, vibrates and modulates to produce a stunning array of sounds. But birds, ...

Plants make popping sounds that are undetectable to the human ear, according to recordings made in a new study — and they make more sounds when thirsty or under other kinds of stress.The research ...

In a groundbreaking revelation, researchers have discovered that sperm whales communicate using vowel-like sounds, a characteristic previously thought to be unique to human speech. This study, led by ...

When it comes to music, what we see may be even more important than what we hear. In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Chia-Jung Tsay had ...

New research reveals vowel-like patterns inside sperm whale click messages, or codas, suggesting surprisingly rich ...