If you were old enough to buy CDs in the ’90s, you may remember listening stations at superstores that featured music by some of nature’s noisiest creatures: birds. These CDs blended classical music ...

If the sound of soothing ocean waves, thunderstorms, or birds chirping helps you fall asleep or wake up, then an alarm clock that can play natural noises is a sleep essential. But, there’s a ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

A group in Western Washington state has developed a novel gauge for their forest conservation work — thousands of audio recordings of native birds.

A group in Western Washington state has developed a novel gauge for their forest conservation work — thousands of audio recordings of native birds. WOLF: Yeah, it's beautiful. SUMMERS: Adrian Wolf ...