An archive of tens of thousands of animal sounds has just gone online. The searchable Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology boasts nearly 150,000 digital audio recordings, covering about ...

Of the roughly 250,000 known marine species, scientists think all ~126 marine mammals emit sounds – the ‘thwop’, ‘muah’, and ‘boop’s of a humpback whale, for example, or the boing of a minke whale.

Ambience (sic) is a popular sleep sound app for Android. It features a clean, simple UI along with a variety of calming sounds. They include things like rain, waves, crickets, and even some music. It ...

Not the words with which we expected to open, but they won't be quickly forgotten by anyone visiting this delightful new exhibition at the British Library. This is a show that explores how our ...

Back in the years before photography and video, the animal world was a place of fantastical, unreal possibilities. These possibilities – and the books, films, and art they have produced – are the ...