Our sense of hearing is incredibly powerful. It’s no wonder really, because our ears are the product of hundreds of millions of years of evolution. They can pick up on tiny sonic clues in our ...

People experienced less stress and anxiety while listening to nature soundscapes, but the addition of road traffic noise increased their stress and anxiety Manmade sounds such vehicle traffic can mask ...

Forestry and natural resources professor Bryan Pijanowski, director of Purdue's newly launched Center for Global Soundscapes, captures the sounds of nature while conducting research on the island of ...

As 2026 unfolds, the intersection of AI-driven ecological monitoring and social media aesthetics is creating a new soundscape for wildlife content. Epidemic Sound has responded by expanding its ...

Healthy ecosystems are often noisy places: from reefs to grasslands and forests, these are sonically rich thanks to all the species defending territories, finding mates, locating prey, or perhaps ...

Burbling brooks. Gently rustling leaves. For most of us, hearing these sorts of nature sounds indoors improves our mental and physical wellbeing—as well as our cognitive performance. The sorts of ...

Bryan Pijanowski, professor in Purdue University’s Department of Forestry and Natural Resources and director of the Center ...

The public can also join the effort to record sensory data as the eclipse passes overhead to determine its effect on the animal kingdom. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Marine biologist: “Everything we do from when we get up in the morning to when we go to bed connects us to coral reefs.” ...