What's Making that Sound? Wildlife Edition

National parks can be a symphony of interesting and unique natural sounds, including from many types of wildlife. If you closed your eyes and listened, would you be able to identify what is making a particular noise? Give it a try by playing these audio clips from parks and check your answer using the dropdown menus.

Want to hear more? Explore audio files in the NPS multimedia gallery and online Sounds Gallery.

• Challenge 1

  
  

  Can you guess what is making this sound?
  Audio Transcript

  [Female brown bear and cubs vocalizing]

Challenge 1 Answer

A female bear and her cubs

• Challenge 2

  
  

  Can you guess what is making this sound?
  Audio Transcript

  [Humpback whale vocalizing]

Challenge 2 Answer

A humpback whale

• Challenge 3

  
  

  Can you guess what is making this sound?
  Audio Transcript

  [Spotted bats vocalizing]

Challenge 3 Answer

Spotted bats

• Challenge 4

  
  

  Can you guess what is making this sound?
  Audio Transcript

  [Bighorn sheep rams butting horns]

Challenge 4 Answer

Bighorn sheep ramming heads

• Challenge 5

  
  

  Can you guess what is making this sound?
  Audio Transcript

  [Bee buzzing]

Answer 5 Challenge

A bee

• Challenge 6

  
  

  Can you guess what is making this sound?
  Audio Transcript

  [American green tree frog vocalizing]

Challenge 6 Answer

An American green tree frog

• Challenge 7

  
  

  Can you guess what is making this sound?
  Audio Transcript

  [American robin vocalizing]

Challenge 7 Answer

An American robin

• Challenge 8

  
  

  Can you guess what is making this sound?
  Audio Transcript

  [Wolf howling]

Challenge 8 Answer

A wolf

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