A new study by the University of Liverpool provides the first evidence that wandering albatrosses, one of the widest-ranging seabirds, may use infrasound to help them navigate long and featureless ...

Elephants separated by miles of dense forest or open savanna stay in contact through deep rumbles that drop below the threshold of human hearing. These infrasonic calls, with frequency components ...

Infrasound is very low-frequency sound, below 20 Hertz (Hz), which humans typically can't hear. It can come from natural sources like storms, or from anthropogenic sources like traffic. Some animals ...

The discovery that changed everything In 1984, a musician named Katy Payne was standing near the elephant enclosure at ...

TIGERS appear to rely on booming low-frequency sounds – much of it inaudible to humans – to drive rivals away from their territory and to attract mates. The discovery may explain how the animals ...

Infrasound is very low-frequency sound, below 20 Hertz (Hz), which humans typically can’t hear. It can come from natural sources like storms, or from anthropogenic sources like traffic. Some animals ...

Most of us take for granted that what we can hear represents the full acoustic world around us. It doesn’t. Beneath the threshold of human perception lies an invisible ocean of sound — and scientists ...

Can humans better listen to the natural world? Karen Bakker thinks yes, with the help of biotechnologies—and a new world perspective. The following is an excerpt from of The Sounds of Life: How ...