WASHINGTON (AP) – At age 3, Angelica Lopez is helping to break a sound barrier for deaf children. Born without working auditory nerves, she can detect sounds for the first time – and start to mimic ...

Brain scientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered how cells in the developing ear make their own noise, long before the ear is able to detect sound around them. The finding, reported in this week’s ...

African elephants (Loxodonta Africana) live in the savannas, rainforests, woodlands, and scrub forests of central and southern Africa. In these wide-open landscapes, long-distance communication is a ...

Millions of years ago marine animals had hearing organs that allowed them to detect sounds in the water. When land dwelling animals evolved they now had to detect environmental sounds that traveled ...

The power of sound reaches far beyond your ears. While you're used to hearing sound through music, voices, or noise, your body is also quietly listening—at the cellular level. Recent research shows ...

Daniel Bowman sends cell phones into the stratosphere aboard solar-powered hot-air balloons. You might be surprised what sounds they record up there. These balloons listen to the Earth from a dozen ...

Do you remember how your parents tried to convince you to eat your vegetables as a kid by promising they were good for your health? That’s the same tactic a lot of wearable makers are using today, by ...

These arachnids perceive airborne sound through sensory hairs on their legs. Have you ever heard about a spider's sense of hearing? Spiders are generally known to detect the movement of other objects ...