Fireworks divide opinions like few other subjects. To us as people, fireworks are either an exciting visual and auditory ...

Tidal turbines harbor the potential to provide a natural, inexhaustible source of power, but have faced some regulatory ...

Nightingales sing with human-like rhythm, adjusting pitch and timing during nighttime song duels reveling how real-time vocal ...

Experience the serene beauty of a tropical beach with this relaxing nature video. Featuring a traditional Thai longtail boat ...

During conversation, people sometimes synchronize their voices in ways that often go completely unnoticed. Talking speeds ...

In a clip from David Attenborough 's 1998 BBC TV series Life of Birds, a lyrebird imitates a chainsaw, kookaburra and car ...

Hydrophones track rare beaked whales by their unique underwater clicks. Sound monitoring reveals new species, habitats, and behaviors of beaked whales. Acoustic tracking help conservation by ...

Some animals can sleep with just half their brain at a time. Understanding this phenomenon can help us learn more about human sleep, too.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public ...

European starlings were the best at imitating R2-D2's multphonic sounds because they can control both sides of both sides of the syrinx independently, the researchers say. Pexels Birds have shown the ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...