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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

OK, that's not actually a bird whistling reveille. But when we invited people to send us sounds of nature, we heard sounds that were distinctive enough. [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: In the audio of ...