A recent study has found that the sounds of nature can reduce stress, improve mood and enhance cognitive performance. The ...

An international group of researchers collected one hundred years' worth of sounds from around the world to investigate how soundscapes differ between urban and natural environments. They also ...

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 ...

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

Manmade sounds such vehicle traffic can mask the positive impact of nature soundscapes on people's stress and anxiety, according to a new study. Manmade sounds such vehicle traffic can mask the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration shows a grasshopper on a branch with a total solar eclipse in the background. While humans will enjoy the majesty ...