The sights and sounds of the Jurassic era are long gone, and we will never know for sure what that ancient world looked and sounded like. Fossils can offer clues, and reconstructions can give us a…

Each winter, red hind groupers gather under the full moon, grunting low-frequency calls to attract mates and defend territory. But a 12-year underwater audio archive – one of the most extensive ever for a reef fish – reveals those calls are changing. Courtship sounds are fading, aggressive grunts are surging, and spawning patterns are shifting – potential signs of deeper population changes. These underwater signals aren’t just fish talk – they’re vital clues, helping scientists track change simply by listening.

Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is emerging as a valuable tool for assessing fish populations in natural habitats. This study compares two deep learning–based

Along the coast, waves break with a familiar sound. The gentle swash of the surf on the seashore can lull us to sleep, while the pounding of storm surge warns us to seek shelter. Yet these are but a sample of the sounds that come from the coast. Most of the acoustic energy from the surf is far too low in frequency for us to hear, traveling through the air as infrasound and through the ground as seismic waves.  Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have recently characterized these low-frequency signals to track breaking ocean waves. In a study published in Geophysical Journal International, they were able to identify the acoustic and seismic signatures of breaking waves and locate where along the coast the signals came from. The team hopes to develop this into a method for monitoring the sea conditions using acoustic and seismic data.

A study published in People and Nature finds that both sight and sound influence perception of biodiversity, and participants were slightly more accurate when assessing forest biodiversity through…

People’s intuitive perception of biodiversity through visual and audio cues is remarkably accurate and aligns closely with scientific measures of biodiversity. This is according to new research published in the British Ecological Society journal, People and Nature.

Animals use sounds to communicate in contexts that are crucial for survival and reproduction. One compelling feature of acoustic signals is that two main domains of variation—frequency and amplitude—can interact with each other for reasons both ...

We explore the science behind hums – phenomena of persistent, low noise

RWE, in partnership with Hydrotechnik Offshore, has successfully deployed the first offshore bubble curtain at a UK wind farm.

A ecologia acústica é uma disciplina em rápida expansão que pode revelar detalhes sobre os ecossistemas que não são visualmente aparentes, e a gravação de campo tem sido usada em uma variedade cada…

Summary/Abstract: 2020 has been called the year of silence for a reason. Actions such as lockdowntaken by the majority of countries in the world aiming at preventing the spreadof SARS-CoV-2 virus…