Listening to the sounds of nature such as birdsong reduces stress levels - but the sound of traffic increases them, new research shows. The research lends support for anyone who is a firm believer ...

See how good you are at recognising the nature on your doorstep by testing yourself in our animal sounds quiz. Correct! It's the croak of a common frog. You can tell the difference between a frog and ...

We can use technology to create measures of biodiversity based on sound. Basically, we filter out all the noise made by humans, then what’s left – the noise made by nature – is a measure of ...

Simply listening to natural sounds has been shown to decrease mortality rates and stress and improve mental health, cognitive performance and even birth outcomes. Even though some birds’ calls e ...

Sometimes I don't have time to watch anything at all. This is where relaxing nature sounds come in. When I find myself anxious but truly unable to take a break from work, I pop on a video from ...

Nature sounds, ASMR and even white noise have all been touted as sleep aids over the past few years, with some also claiming that they help reduce anxiety. And there are reasons for this in this ...

The Hear Our Olympics campaign seeks to protect the natural sounds of Olympic National Park, an ancient refuge from noise pollution in the Northwest. This video ...