Researchers say the discovery of the oldest known recordings of whale sounds could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate.

Nursery rhymes have shaped our childhoods for generations. They introduce us to language, nurture early reading skills, and often offer a child’s first brush with music. But that’s only part of the ...

We explore why nursery rhymes, designed for children, so often feel unsettling when placed in darker contexts. Tracing their origins through folklore, Victorian culture, and modern horror theory, we ...

“Five Little Ducks” is one of the most popular nursery rhymes for young children. Teachers use it in classrooms to teach counting. Parents sing it during playtime and bedtime. The rhyme has been ...

“Do you know the muffin man?” Children have sung this simple question for over 200 years. The Muffin Man started as a traditional English nursery rhyme in the 1800s. Street vendors called muffin men ...

Late in the evening, the Antarctic sky flushes pink. The male leopard seal wakes and slips from the ice into the water. There, he'll spend the night singing underwater amongst the floating ice floes.

Tracey Rogers receives funding from ARC. Lucinda Chambers does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has ...

For parents, finding new ways to occupy children is an ongoing search. While many opt to give their kids a tablet of some kind – with there being many ways of both educating and entertaining little ...

Let's make music! Let's sing songs! Let's clap and play rhythms! Let's dance! Rhymes and Songs is a series of video-based classroom music lessons for foundation to year 2 students based on the ...