The Auk, Vol. 99, No. 2 (Apr., 1982), pp. 208-229 (22 pages) I investigated variation in the songs of Sage Sparrows (Amphispiza belli) breeding in the northwestern Great Basin over a 3-yr period.

Humpback whale songs have statistical patterns in their structure that are remarkably similar to those seen in human language. While this doesn’t mean the songs convey complex meanings like our ...

All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the second most frequent, three times as frequent as the third, and so on. This is ...

Melinda Steffy's "Ruination Day" exhibit at the Crane Arts Building is a visual interpretation of the songs about three catastrophes that took place on April 14, the sinking of the Titanic, the ...

The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth. It's also among the loudest. "Sound is a vital mode of communication in the ocean environment, especially over long distances," said William Oestreich, a ...

Scotland’s We Were Promised Jetpacks are releasing a new album, The More I Sleep the Less I Dream, on September 14. Previously they shared its first single, “Hanging In” (which was one of our Songs of ...

Laura Marling is back with her first album in four years, Patterns in Repeat. The Song for Our Daughter follow-up arrives October 25 (via Chrysalis/Partisan). Below, listen to a single, “Patterns,” ...

Kelsea Ballerini is adding five new songs to the tracklist of her Patterns album. The singer announced on Thursday morning (Feb. 27) that she's issuing a deluxe version of the project, which will ...

Taylor Swift just announced her 10th studio album "Midnights" at the VMAs on Sunday. The album will come out October 21st. While we wait, let's take a look at her lyrics thus far. Through the years ...