Next time you hear someone cough or sneeze, you should probably leave the diagnosis to the doctor, according to a new study.

A new app called Chipper can help birders and citizen scientists share birdsong recordings with scientists.

After 17 years underground, cicadas will return by the millions this summer. Here, an expert breaks down their life cycle and why they emerge when they do.

Male treefrogs throw off predators teaming up with others to sing out their mating calls in quick succession, researchers say.

Materials made from tapered chains of spherical beads could help dampen high-pitched sounds, say theoretical physicists.

Throat singing produces two tones at the same time—a low rumble and a high whistle-like tone. Now researchers know how it works.

Researchers have used 100 recordings of a cappella singing to better understand why the brain decodes music and speech in separate hemispheres.

When and why did animals evolve the ability to shout, bark, or bellow? Researchers looked at hundreds of millions of years of evolution to find out.

Research with barn owls sparked the idea for a new type of hearing test: one that focuses on eye dilation.

A new system can locate shooters through video and audio from 3 smartphones, which could help protect human rights workers and journalists.