Try to imagine the sounds of a laughing owl, and you might find yourself hooted out of your somber existence. Dutch drummer Han Bennink has made a career out of his quick-witted sense of humor, and he ...

A video of a "laughing" owl has racked up nearly three million views on You Tube – even if it's not all it seems. According to Metro, the soundtrack of a "full-on belly laugh" was added after the ...

I saw an old friend in the hemlocks on the eastern end of my property in Northampton County a few weeks ago. I had no idea he (or she) or others of its kind were there, as I’ve lived on the wooded ...

In the cool, dark room, an ethereal sound fills the air, a harmonic blend of harpsichord and dreamy chants. The music is punctuated by more music: a guitar strum, the sound of a flute, drumbeats. But ...

Owls use "surround sound" hearing to pounce on their prey, biologists have revealed. Even in the dark, the owl knows where to aim its claws by means of sophisticated processing of sound signals in the ...

And let's take a moment to listen to the sounds of your backyard, or one like yours. OK, that's not actually a bird whistling reveille. But when we invited people to send us sounds of nature, we heard ...