Catherine Laing works for Cardiff University. She received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. We know that babies prefer the high-pitched sounds produced by their caregivers in ...

Babies go gaga over other babies' goo-goos, a new study finds. Researchers found that 5-month-old infants spent 40 percent longer listening to sounds from other infants than to adults making the same ...

Amid spring’s profusion of birdsong, one of the most iconic voices is that of the mourning dove. It’s a familiar sound, in which an opening note swells into a higher second syllable, then falls back ...

I had to express my thorough disgust regarding the new law passed so hunters can shoot mourning doves in Iowa. The mourning dove is a symbol of peace and their soft cooing sound will be silenced ...