In tropical forests, much of the biodiversity can be heard before it is seen. Birds call, insects buzz and frogs croak, creating complex soundscapes that reflect the presence of different species.
Scientists Followed a Strange Sound in the Mountains and Found Something Almost Too Small to See ...
Treehoppers, small plant-eating insects from the Membracidae family, are gaining interest among scientists due to their ...
Listening to one-minute-long audio recordings of forests had positive effects on people's short-term well-being, especially when the recordings were from local temperate forests. Study participants ...
These follow-up notes are designed to help educators and families extend the conversations, questions and curiosities sparked by watching Play School: Rainforest Rangers!
Animals do not uniformly hear the world. A forest at night, for instance, carries layers of sound that humans barely notice: ...
Scientists have deployed acoustic monitoring techniques to measure the success of a forest protection mechanism in Costa Rica. Using more than 16,000 hours of audio data, scientists found that the ...
Forest floor sounds reveal forest health.