Of the roughly 250,000 known marine species, scientists think all ~126 marine mammals emit sounds – the ‘thwop’, ‘muah’, and ‘boop’s of a humpback whale, for example, or the boing of a minke whale.

WASHINGTON (AP) — From rare audio interviews of former slaves to recordings by Donna Summer and the Grateful Dead, 25 sounds that shaped the American cultural landscape are being inducted into the ...

Last week, the British Library launched a £40m ($60m) crowdfunding initiative to preserve its archive of over six million sound recordings. The Save our Sounds project is concentrated on remediating ...

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Last year, the British Library began the "Save our Sounds" project, with the aim of accelerating the digitisation of millions upon millions of lost audio recordings held in its vast archive. The ...

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians celebrate Timiket, or Epiphany, in Columbus, Ohio. This photo is part of “Sounds of Religion,” an educational Smithsonian poster exhibition that presents the history of ...

Back some time in the 1990s, David Hollander first discovered library music amongst the shelves of a shop called Record Supply in West Los Angeles. “While browsing the soundtrack section,” he writes ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s massive archive of experimental music has been turned into a downloadable library.

British Library warns its collection of unique and important sound recordings, including extinct birds, First World War testimony's and the UK's most famous voices, could be lost forever within 15 ...

The project wants to ‘draw attention to the world’s disappearing soundscapes.’ The project wants to ‘draw attention to the world’s disappearing soundscapes.’ is a reporter with five years of ...

Snap Inc. SNAP owned Snapchat has announced that it is adding more music to its Sounds library, as it looks to tap into the popularity of audio elements, which have seen a big rise on the back of the ...