We’ve discovered 44 new dinosaur species in 2025 alone — yet we still don’t know exactly what they sounded like. Fossil ...

Misophonia is a sound sensitivity disorder that causes extreme reactions to specific everyday noises and makes people feel strongly about them. These noises are generally ordinary and not offensive to ...

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Tobacco hornworm caterpillars have no organs that resemble ears. Yet, scientists were able to figure out how they hear—and it ...

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Last weekend, I went to my hometown of Morgantown, West Virginia, and I attended Sunday morning services at my mother’s old church, St. Thomas à Becket Episcopal Church. I hadn’t visited in a few ...

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A few small rodents like rats and mice whistle like this, but horses are the first known large mammal to have a knack for it.

An equine makes the low-pitched part of its whinny by vibrating its vocal cords—similar to how humans speak and sing—and the ...

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A horse’s whinny is an iconic sound, arguably on par with a cow’s moo and a sheep’s baa and a donkey’s hee-haw. Most people ...