Scientists from Charles Darwin onward have speculated that, for our early ancestors, music predated—and possibly formed the ...

Cowbirds are special among songbirds for the "watery" timbre of their singing, which resembles the sound of falling droplets ...

Whether it’s the sound of a relative humming a festive melody before the tree is even up, or the immediate rush to crank the volume as soon as the radio stations switch to the classics, Christmas ...

We hear them from one Yuletide after another, the sounds of the season we’ve known and loved for decades. Just how much do ...