BBC Earth created five 10-hour "visual soundscape" videos after researchers found that nature footage boosts bliss. Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha ...

A recent study has found that the sounds of nature can reduce stress, improve mood and enhance cognitive performance. The researchers say that listening to birdsong and the sound of falling rain can ...

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 ...

Forget the typical spa soundtracks, like rainstorms and crashing waves. The next time you want to relax, head to Spotify, look up key phrases like “birds in the forest,” and enjoy a cacophony of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Museum for the United Nations’ UN Live has launched Sounds Right — a global music initiative that enables Nature to generate conservation funding from her own sounds. The initiative aims to spark ...