Researchers are discovering that listening to the soil can be a way to understand biodiversity belowground without having to overturn every bit of the land. Studies have shown that soils of restored ...

Healthy coral reefs echo with a chorus of grunts and purrs from fish feeding, looking for mates, or defending their territories, underscored by the persistent crackling of snapping shrimp. Larval ...

Plants make popping sounds that are undetectable to the human ear, according to recordings made in a new study — and they make more sounds when thirsty or under other kinds of stress. The research ...

Scientists recorded the popping noises that plants make in response to stresses like dehydration or a cut. By Darren Incorvaia Humans have glorious ways of vocalizing discontent: We grumble, grouse, ...

A new study of a fossilized ankylosaur suggests it could have uttered birdlike calls. By Carolyn Wilke In the next generation of dinosaur-based blockbuster films, some of the star creatures could ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...