Hear the muted symphony that one researcher thinks might be a close approximation to how macaques perceive the performance.

The auditory cortices of humans and rhesus monkeys respond very differently to harmonic tones.

A group of around 300 whales produced 184 distinct songs over just a few years, according to a new study.

A whole-genome analysis of people who experience color when they listen to sounds points to a handful of genes involved in neural development.

Researchers create a program that can use fMRI data to identify which musical pieces are in participants' heads.  

The artist discusses music as a means to get kids excited about science, and the inspiration he took from astrophysics and polar bears.

At 100 sites around North America, field recorders are set to record natures’ response to the blotting out of the sun on Monday.

Ben Henry delves into the still-unanswered questions of where our musical preferences come from and what makes synesthetes tick.

Studies of remote Amazonian villages reveal how culture influences our musical preferences.