A UC Berkeley study shows that when zebra finches hear the call of another zebra finch, they have a mental representation of ...

Scientists have tapped into the power of neural networks to detect and locate gunshots connected to poaching with a web of ...

The web of acoustic sensors was deployed in central Africa, and offer the possibility of real-time alerts to the sounds of ...

Wildlife poaching remains a major conservation concern. Technological advancements have enabled webs of acoustic sensors to ...

War wasn’t good versus evil anymore; it was a cash-flow problem with a body count, and the only ones who still believed in ...

Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt created the character’s high-pitched, electronic chattering by combining his own voice and ...

Your kids might think that birds simply disappear for the winter. But plenty of species don’t actually migrate south during the cold months; others might be making your neighborhood their winter home.

It may sound like a simple - and simply dull - statement of fact, the kind of thing that people refer to as a 'passing comment' or deploy as 'filler' to fix a dreaded awkward silence. But, while it ...

When scientists played R2-D2’s famous bleeps and whistles for a group of birds, they weren’t expecting a concert — but that’s exactly what they got. Researchers from the University of Amsterdam and ...

When you think of birds imitating sounds, parrots and starlings might come to mind. They're famous for copying human speech, car alarms, and even ringtone melodies. But what happens when you challenge ...

Can puzzles improve visual perception? Yes. Puzzles help develop visual perception skills such as visual discrimination and analysing visual information. These visual riddles challenge your mind to ...

Volunteers have found new pairs of powerful owls in South Australia's south-east, where the species is rarely seen. The owls' calls were recorded as part of an acoustic monitoring project across the ...