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 ...

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 ...

Sounds Right, which directs royalties generated from music incorporating nature sounds to conservation, offers a 50/50 royalty split between artists and causes. By Katie Bain Sounds Right, a ...

Created by artist Robert Shields and Martyn Stewart, Imperfect Cadence is a tribute to Scotland and nature herself. As Stewart faces cancer, it's finally being released. By Katie Bain When Martyn ...

Ambience (sic) is a popular sleep sound app for Android. It features a clean, simple UI along with a variety of calming sounds. They include things like rain, waves, crickets, and even some music. It ...

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 ...

“As conservationists, we need to restore ecosystems and reestablish the natural processes that keep the natural world in balance. We can use technology to create measures of biodiversity based on ...

A few weeks ago, I received a copy of the University of British Columbia's Dr. Karen Bakker's book The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technologies Are Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and ...

This story is part of Grist’s Coming to our Senses series, a weeklong exploration of how climate change is reshaping the way we see, hear, smell, touch, and taste the world around us. When Jeff Wells, ...

In a new study, people who listened to audio recordings of birds singing report getting less benefit when paired with even ...