Recording and analyzing forest soundscapes can be an effective way of monitoring changes in animal communities in tropical forests and human presence, researchers say in a new commentary published in ...

OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Sunday Abiodun, carrying a sword in one hand and balancing a musket over his other shoulder, cleared weeds on a footpath leading to a cluster of new trees. Until ...

Training their keen ears, and recorders, to the many sounds inside one of India’s biodiversity hotspots — the Western Ghat — researchers report that rainforest birds are returning to spots that were ...

When sensory ecologist Megan Gall joined the faculty at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 2013, an experiment presented itself. A number of researchers at Vassar were studying browsing ...

In the natural world, sound plays a crucial role in animal communication, serving purposes ranging from attracting mates to establishing territory. While many animals use vocalisations to communicate, ...