Before babies can speak words, they are grunting and cooing as they try to mimic the sounds they hear from us. It's all part of early language, creating a foundation which lead to first words. This ...

A quacking car horn designed to alert people to danger while reducing the cacophony of noise on city streets has been developed by sound experts. The device, sounding a little like a synthesised duck, ...

Mystery solved A puzzling sound heard for decades in the waters of the Southern Ocean and off the Australian west coast has finally been identified as belonging to Antarctic minke whales. The findings ...