Summer is a time of the year when people usually spend a lot of time outside and many of us, author included, like to be in nature. Some research suggests that humans innately tend to seek connections ...

When London-based hip hop artist Louis VI looked at social media over the past few years, he kept seeing the same image: orange skies from wildfire smoke. "It was one of those strange, eerily ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with the multi-instrumentalist James Bishop about how he transforms recordings of natural objects into music. When the musician James Bishop hiked a section of the Pacific ...

Birds chirping in the forest, waves crashing in the ocean, and the sound of thunderstorms are some of nature's beloved symphonies. These sounds are inseparable from the human experience not only as ...

Have you ever listened to a recording of birdsong? Or ocean waves? The howling of wolves, or thunder and rain? If you have, did you ever wonder whether nature was getting any compensation for ...

Nothing is sacred.

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? The answer is a resounding yes—and we know this for certain because of the vast network of audio recorders that ...

As 2026 unfolds, the intersection of AI-driven ecological monitoring and social media aesthetics is creating a new soundscape for wildlife content. Epidemic Sound has responded by expanding its ...

As anyone who’s marveled at a brilliant sunset, strolled through a park, or enjoyed the sound of birdsong can tell you, being in nature is pretty amazing. Experiencing nature wherever you live is ...