Get in real close touch with nature. On a hike through one of the sprawling forests in Estonia, a country more than half covered in trees, you might stumble on three giant megaphones in the middle of ...

The deep rainforest is a symphony. In the rainforests of Indonesia, New Guinea, and other wild lands, scientists strapped microphones to trees and recorded the boisterous howls, grumbles, and shrieks ...

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 ...

Where on Earth is more wondrous and invigorating than the rainforest? Many of us who live in countries like the United States may only dream of visiting these natural wonderlands. In the meantime, to ...

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 ...

Summer is a time of the year when people usually spend a lot of time outside and many of us, author included, like to be in nature. Some research suggests that humans innately tend to seek connections ...

Research shows that recordings from familiar, local forests can improve mood, focus, and reduce stress more than tropical forest soundscapes. Participants rated local sounds as more pleasant and ...