Researchers slide down dunes to create a sand avalanche on the Eureka Dune in Death Valley National Park in California. Researchers slide down dunes to create a sand avalanche on the Eureka Dune in ...

In his travel diaries, Marco Polo recounted how he often heard haunting sounds at night as he traveled through the Gobi desert. Now, researchers studying sand dunes in Death Valley National Park and ...

Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2015 -- Avalanching sand from dune faces in Death Valley National Park and the Mojave Desert can trigger loud, rumbling "booming" or short bursts of "burping" sounds -- ...

You’ve heard the plaintive meow of a cat and the guttural growl of a lion. Ever wonder why those two felines sound so different? Bioacoustics is the study of the relationship between living things and ...

Virginia Tech researchers plan to use audio data from cows to uncover patterns in their vocalizations that may shed light on their well-being, emotions, and “language.” You may not know it, but cows ...