Note: This piece is better heard than read. To hear this review and the specific musical moments it references, listen at the audio link. Mark Korven specializes in making scary sounds. Lately, though ...
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From a Motorcycle Revving to a Pig Oinking, Eight Amazing Sounds Made by Frogs
More than 7,000 species of frogs hop, climb and perch around our world—which means more than 7,000 unique frog calls permeate ...
When it comes to frog noises, most people’s knowledge basically begins and ends with the word “ribbit.” Should anyone want to change that sad reality, Smithsonian Folkways is here to help. The 75-year ...
With showers forecast across Tasmania this week some would say 'it is good weather for ducks' but it is great weather to hear frogs. Tasmania is home to 11 of Australia's 240 known frog species, three ...
New frog species chirp like trippy ‘Star Trek’ sound effects — so they got names that fans will love
It's the next generation -- of tree frogs. A new species was discovered in Madagascar and named for having "Star Trek" like cadences. Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection Beam me up, froggy. Deep in ...
Tiny frogs that have no middle ear use their mouths to hear, French scientists say. A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that the almighty eardrum may not be ...
The high-pitched scream of a violin under the frenzied see-saw of a furious bow. A murderous intent made manifest in melodic lines so sharp and jagged, a page of music looks like a threat. An ominous, ...
The explanation of the screeches’s origin comes through the introduction of new characters Edwin (Nelson Franklin) and Hanna (Ashley Sutton), two biologists who have ventured into the Canadian ...
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