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Offline mode in the Earth.fm app

We are excited to announce the release of version 1.1 of the Earth.fm app, which is available via Google Play

The Beauty of Walking the Same Path

Just because you’ve hiked a trail, doesn’t mean you truly know it. Friends ask me for trail recommendations a lot,

Sounds from underground: the orchestra of the soil

It’s easy to take soil for granted. Perhaps that’s understandable: not only do we unthinkingly walk all over it (compounding

Are wild animals self-medicating?

It’s long been thought that chimpanzees use plants medicinally – now, a team from the University of Oxford have come

An increasing clamor: The rise of anthropophony

In ‘Silence Is Falling: The Loss of Nature Sounds’, Earth.fm recently addressed some of the reasons why field recordists are

‘Wilding’ on film: the Knepp project

In the bestselling Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm (2019), author Isabella Tree described the creation of

How to make money with field recording

Contrary to popular belief, there are many ways to make money with field recording besides sound effects library creation. Libraries

Silence is falling: the loss of nature sounds

A recent UK Guardian article summed up a truth behind field recording which we would surely all prefer not to

What is geoengineering and how scared should we be?

Climate engineering (also known as geoengineering) is a broad term which encompasses the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Seeing the Sound

As a field recordist who strives to capture the voice of the natural world, I’m often bemused by the efforts

Seagulls: friend or foe?

It feels fair to say that most people feel positively about wildlife – or at least certain elements of it.

Learning to listen for nature field recording

With practice and attention, our ability to listen evolves over time. It’s determined by a range of factors, including our

In the Field 2: Field Recording Conference, July 4–6 2024

Dear field recordists and sound aficionados, an upcoming conference called In the Field 2 may be of interest. We’re excited

On contemplative sound and the fate of wolves

Ivo Vicic is a sound recordist and music producer whose wildlife field recordings first grabbed my attention during a period

Making the inaudible audible: The unheard songs of trees, fruit, and insects

Just because we can’t hear something, that doesn’t mean it’s not producing sound. Case in point: the diverse seismic communication

Reflections on deep listening

Deep listening, for me, is primarily about being there. If you’re not there, you can’t really listen. I think we

Can we make friends with birds?

Turkish fisherman Adem Yılmaz would undoubtedly answer in the affirmative. Every spring, after spending half the year in Africa, migratory

Secret World of Sound reviewed

David Attenborough’s new series – the extremely earth.fm-appropriate Secret World of Sound, which we recently previewed – has now been

Anxiety versus birdsong

It may feel that we shouldn’t need scientific evidence to tell us that birdsong is conducive to relaxation. Still… What are

David Attenborough enters the ‘Secret World of Sound’

As anthropophonic sound pollution increasingly mutes the sounds of the natural world, it’s well past time for this subject to

Ecotherapy: benefits of the great outdoors

Also known as nature therapy, ecotherapy involves activities which take place out of doors, in both urban and rural spaces

Nature sounds in music

Following our recent article, ‘Eight Pieces of Classical Music Inspired by the Natural World’, we’re pleased to bring you a

Seán Ronayne, ornithologist: Sound-recording every bird in Ireland

Seán Ronayne inherited his life-long love of birds from his father and grandfather. One of his first memories involves being

Field recording failures, managing microplastics, and the charm of carnivorous plants | Newsletter #58

Aannyeong*, friend. 👋 What can be learned from unsuccessful sound-recording excursions? How can the proliferation of microplastic particles be kept

Eight pieces of classical music inspired by the natural world

The industrial revolution began just 260 years ago – a period that accounts for just a 700th of the duration

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