And let's take a moment to listen to the sounds of your backyard, or one like yours. OK, that's not actually a bird whistling reveille. But when we invited people to send us sounds of nature, we heard ...

Researchers have gained new insight into how localized hearing works in the brain. As Baby Boomers age, many experience difficulty in hearing and understanding conversations in noisy environments such ...

Before batteries lose power, fail suddenly, or burst into flames, they tend to produce faint sounds over time that provide a signature of the degradation processes going on within their structure. But ...

Can humans better listen to the natural world? Karen Bakker thinks yes, with the help of biotechnologies—and a new world perspective. The following is an excerpt from of The Sounds of Life: How ...

Bats live in a world of sounds. They use vocalizations both to communicate with their conspecifics and for navigation. For the latter, they emit sounds in the ultrasonic range, which echo and enable ...

How to Watch Teaching in Room 9 Teaching in Room 9 is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire ...

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A listener responded to our invitation to send recordings of backyard wildlife with audio of a spooky bird screech. An expert at the Cornell Lab... Decoding Nature: Identifying Sounds A Horned Owl ...

A listener responded to our invitation to send recordings of backyard wildlife with audio of a spooky bird screech. An expert at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology helped solve the mystery. OK, that's not ...