Watching wild animals can be exhilarating, educational and a richly rewarding experience. But spotting wildlife and keeping them in sight is often challenging. So wildlife researchers are increasingly ...

The complexity of vocal communication in some primates, whales and birds might approach that of human language.

Nonhuman animals (animals) are constantly "talking" with one another using sounds, smells, visual signals, and various combinations thereof. In his fascinating new book titled Why Animals Talk: The ...

The National Zoo in Washington D.C., is bringing calls of the wild to cell phones by selling animal ring tones. In addition to the Sumatran tiger, incoming calls can sound like an anteater, North ...

Visitors can hear Björk's immersive, otherworldly soundscape, Nature Manifesto, over the next few weeks as they climb the long, glass escalator that hugs the side of Centre Pompidou in Paris, France.

ANTIBES, France -- In what they call a world first, researchers in Europe say they've taught an orca whale to successfully imitate a variety of sounds, including calls made by other animal species and ...

The sounds of nature can be incredibly soothing — just think of those zen meditation tracks filled with chirping birds amid the gentle babbling of a brook in the forest. However, not all of nature’s ...

Similarly, cats hiss by pushing air out of a restricted airway (much the same way humans do when mimicking a hiss), and geese ...

Wildlife documentation helps experts make informed decisions. Experts thrilled as trail cameras capture footage of feisty ...

A curious scene unfolded in Tamil Nadu, India, when a wild elephant stopped traffic on by crossing the road to stare at a ...