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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brown noise has a low, natural sound, so many people find it easier on the ear than white noise. Examples of brown noise include rushing waterfalls or rivers, heavy rainfall, and rumbling thunder.