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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jake M Robinson is affiliated with the UNFCCC Resilience Frontiers think tank. Carlos Abrahams works for Baker Consultants, an ecological consultancy that specialises in ecoacoustics. He currently ...

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, ...

The duck-billed dinosaur Parasaurolophus is distinctive for its prominent crest, which some scientists have suggested served as a kind of resonating chamber to produce low-frequency sounds. Nobody ...

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, ...