In extreme cases, sonic weapons can cause nausea, dizziness, and even permanent damage. In this case, officials used it to ...

Caterpillars hear sound through tiny body hairs, not ears, helping them detect predators and inspiring microphone technology.

No ears, no problem. The tobacco hornworm caterpillar, a common garden pest, can actually detect airborne sound via microscopic hairs on its body, according to a team of faculty and graduate students ...

BepiColombo is slowly uncovering more and more fun facts about Mercury as it continues its preliminary mission. One of the ...

Scientists deciphered some of the strange and unique sounds made by 8 fish species along the coast of British Columbia.

The Upsweep is an unidentified sound detected by the NOAA, first recorded in August 1991. Almost siren-like, the Upsweep is ...

A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute used a robot to mimic common big-eared bats' echolocation skills ...

Biologists and engineers have joined forces to build a new robot bat that’s helping us understand how real bats use ...

Folders 1-7: Folders 8-10: Folders 11-13: Folder 14: The dataset consists of 1,344 one-hour recordings obtained in the homes of 8 participants in Belgium during the year 2023. In each participant's ...

Biologists and engineers have joined forces to build a new robot bat that’s helping us understand how real bats use ...

The “hum” is a reminder of our grandchildren’s childhoods. Bedtime meant sound machines to hum the noises and silence away. I ...