What makes it particularly strange is that only certain people can hear it, while others remain blissfully unaware. It’s ...

Our fascinating and magnificent planet is filled with countless different sounds of nature. While many of us experience nature's cacophony of sounds on land and in the sky and hearing them makes us ...

Mysterious sounds emanating from the depths of the Southern Ocean continue to astound scientists as the latest research suggests the strange noises may have been a “conversation” between unidentified ...

Have you ever listened to a recording of birdsong? Or ocean waves? The howling of wolves, or thunder and rain? If you have, did you ever wonder whether nature was getting any compensation for ...

The Pacific Ocean waters off Southern California used to be much quieter hundreds of years ago. Then came the Industrial Revolution, commercial shipping and about 15 extra decibels (dB) of noise. That ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with the multi-instrumentalist James Bishop about how he transforms recordings of natural objects into music. When the musician James Bishop hiked a section of the Pacific ...

Forget the typical spa soundtracks, like rainstorms and crashing waves. The next time you want to relax, head to Spotify, look up key phrases like “birds in the forest,” and enjoy a cacophony of ...