Understanding how alligators locate sound could provide insights into how dinosaurs interpreted noise. Many animals use the time difference between a sound reaching each ear to locate the sound’s ...

Physiologists have a furthered understanding of the bird neural circuitry that allows them to distinguish where a specific sound is coming from. Their findings could help scientists understand the ...

A new study of American alligators found that the reptiles form neural maps of sound in the same way birds do. To determine where a sound is coming from, animal brains analyze the minute difference in ...

Listen to a bird singing in a nearby tree, and you can relatively quickly identify its approximate location without looking. Listen to the roar of a car engine as you cross the road, and you can ...