Researchers argue that at least two, seemingly trivial musical skills can be considered fundamental to the evolution of music: relative pitch – the skill to recognize a melody independent of its pitch ...

What is the language of music? – That question isn’t easy to answer, even in relation to humans. Manon Hopf asks: what’s the music of other animals about? There is an inherent enchantment in poetry, a ...

Zoos are responsible for more than keeping enclosures clean and animals well-fed. Tending to their residents’ mental health is just as important. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo took a creative ...

Welcome to Beandon’s Musical Corner, the only place on campus for in-depth, exhaustive reviews of the latest releases in rock, jazz, experimental … and pretty much everything else. Brandon Rupp (also ...

In an effort to keep its animals happy, the National Zoo has rolled out a "zoo enrichment" program in which animals can use art supplies and musical instruments. The animals don't really know what ...

Most of the time, petting zoo experiences comprise furry barnyard creatures, handfuls of dusty food and a hand-sanitization station just beyond the exit. This weekend, however, in the Schultz Cultural ...

On WORLD ANIMALS, classical music arrangements are combined with colorful puppetry to teach young viewers about both music and animals. Frisky host Jane, a monkey puppet, leads a journey around the ...