acoustic research

A decade-long, multicontinent study suggests that acoustic defense strategies are more common among moths than previously imagined.

Sounds made by more than 50 vertebrates previously thought to be mute push back the origin of this type of communication by at least 100 million years, a study finds.

The roar of nearby boat engines alters how fish care for and protect their young, resulting in fewer successful nests and smaller offspring, a study finds.

The behavior is the first example of a mammal mimicking a more-dangerous species.

This University of California, Santa Cruz, biologist is dedicated to her marine mammal research, as well as to making the field more diverse and equitable.

Avoidance of predation is a driving force behind the daily movements of marine creatures across the food web, a study concludes.

Watch and listen to reptiles, amphibians, insects, and birds respond to sound from inside their eggs.

As they close in for the kill, the flying mammals use quieter echolocation to focus on the chase.

Norris, who founded the research firm Bio-Waves, furthered the study of marine mammals using passive acoustic monitoring technology he designed himself.

Insects in the soil are difficult to monitor, but listening in on the noises they make could help farmers detect pest infestations and improve estimates of biodiversity.

Researchers measure the health of Papua New Guinea’s forests by analyzing the ecological soundscape.

Travel to remote rain forests in Papua New Guinea with researchers from The Nature Conservancy who are working with native people to characterize ecosystems there using sound.

The quest to document an ancient sea creature reveals a cyclical chorus of fish songs.

Watch the coelacanth documentary that fish biologist Eric Parmentier and filmmaker Laurent Ballesta were making when they discovered and recorded a world of undersea sound.