Animals use sound to communicate, defend territory, and survive, but some species produce noises that seem almost impossible.

For years, people assumed sharks were the silent type, but that’s not true, and they aren’t alone when it comes to creatures like sharks that make noises. Some of the world’s strangest creatures make ...

Sharks at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper, Utah, glide silently behind glass walls — but just how silent is ...

Most of the time, animal noises match the animal. Horses neigh and it works. Dogs bark, and their sound generally matches the size of the dog. Even elephants trumpeting suits them perfectly, with ...

As a lifelong fishkeeper, I’m familiar with noisy fish. Perhaps my favorite noisy aquarium fish are the Synodontis catfishes, which produce a rasping sound resembling a growl that can easily be heard ...

As human-caused sound gets louder around the world, some animals change their behavior and many creatures suffer health issues Olivia Ferrari As human noise increases around the world, some animals ...

Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have evolved unique oral and aural adaptations. Understanding them better could ...

It’s the little fish that roared. One of the world’s smallest fish, measuring about half an inch long, can produce sounds as loud as fireworks or a jet engine, a new study says. Danionella cerebrum, a ...

A BOOK OF NOISES: Notes on the Auraculous. By Caspar Henderson. University of Chicago Press. 272 pages. $24. In electronic communications parlance, Caspar Henderson’s signal-to-noise ratio is ...