An Alcova Heights resident called Arlington animal control officers earlier this month to report the sound of animals screaming. While the man thought the animals might be in danger, an officer ...

Just a few miles from downtown Ithaca, eerie screams can be heard piercing the night. The alarming cries sound like a woman screaming, say some who have heard them. The sounds are enough to send ...

Mountain lions are known by many names: panthers, pumas, cougars, and catamounts, for example. However, there is one moniker that perfectly describes one of their more unusual characteristics: the ...

For years, people assumed sharks were the silent type, but that’s not true, and they aren’t alone when it comes to creatures like sharks that make noises. Some of the world’s strangest creatures make ...

Charles Darwin, when musing about the evolution of emotion, pointed out the similarities in how animals mouth off. “With many kinds of animals, man included,” he wrote in 1872, “the vocal organs are ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. On Jan. 23, on a cold, still, moonlit night, I sat in the Adirondacks and, as is my wont, listened for wild sounds. Because I sat beside a set of big ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...