Music can get people into the spirit of the season — as long as they have opportunities to escape it.

The quirky cover of Christmas tunes was designed to to highlight the importance of goats in poverty-stricken societies.

'Love's Not Just For Christmas' has all the elements of a great holiday tune — except for Michael Bublé.

The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is offering bachelor's and master's degrees in yodeling.

A new study has shown a difference in the brain structures of musicians who specialize in different genres of music.

For many people, summer means music festival season. Here are several steps to protect your hearing while also jamming out to your favorite music.

An 18-year-old pizza delivery driver surprises a family in Detroit by playing piano for them.

Scottish study finds that music helps dogs in kennels relax, especially if it's reggae and soft rock.

Weary animals at elephant sanctuary in Thailand relax as volunteer plays classical piano music in the forest.

You're not officially supposed to listen to Christmas music until after Thanksgiving, but Pentatonix's a cappella cover is worth breaking the rules for.

A stray cat helped Sarper Duman recover from depression, and now he helps other strays and plays piano for them.

You haven't heard 'Bohemian Rhapsody' until you've heard it performed by beautiful trombones.

New research suggests listening to music kills creativity.

The Vegetable Orchestra has been stunned crowds and serving soup for 17 years.

A young boy said 'Wow!' after hearing Mozart at Boston Symphony Hall, and it sparked a viral push to find out who had produced this adorable reaction.

Painstakingly handcrafted biopic on the legendary Dutch painter is seeking artists interested in contributing.

Whether they were based on the real thing or imagined, we welcomed these bears into our homes with abandon.

Here are the films to catch at the country's largest environmental film fest — including one about making saké and the tragic industry of trophy hunting.

You might already know that Dory is a Pacific blue tang and Nemo is a clownfish, but how well do you know the other species that are represented in the films?

New animated short 'Piper,' about a sandpiper with hydrophobia, will appear before the highly anticipated 'Finding Dory.'

Botanophobics may want to avert their eyes.

Physicist Kenneth Libbrecht, a leading expert on snowflake formation, is proud to have added scientific accuracy to Disney's hit animated musical.

The compelling documentary 'Babushkas of Chernobyl' offers a haunting and beautiful picture of life in a disaster area thought lost to humanity.

The Hobbitenango is a sustainable restaurant and hotel that gives back to the village.

After two years of fighting for permission to build along the city's waterfront, Lucas says he's pivoting back to California.

It’s as if Hollywood writers and directors have decided that by the time we are fighting space wars, misogyny will be a thing of the past.

Laamu Atoll in the Maldives has a surprising starring role in the events of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.'

John Williams even comes out to greet the two teenagers after their finish their recital.

Two Toes, the original wiley coyote of the American West, is on the verge of howling on the silver screen.

With money from the government to spend on culture, Italian teens have another reason to celebrate their milestone 18th birthday.

Felines, both heroic and villainous, play prominent roles in these 9 whisker-heavy horror films.

New film, based on the best-selling book by Dan Brown, warns of humanity's demise from unchecked population growth.

You can watch Leo DiCaprio's "Before the Flood" free online.

Werner Herzog's investigates our fascination with volcanoes in his latest movie, Netflix's "Into the Inferno."

Pixar has sprinkled references to all its movies throughout its films.

Used often in film productions, the lovingly preserved Canadiana Village is mostly for show.

Tatooine, a desert planet in 'Star Wars,' may have a real-life analogue 1,000 light-years away.

In the documentary "One Big Home," carpenter Thomas Bena goes behind the scenes to explores the trophy homes and "starter castles" of Martha's Vineyard.

Featured in several Hollywood productions, the arch and its support pillars collapsed after heavy coastal storms.

Anxiety and fear give way to joy and awe when we tune into scenes of the natural world, finds a study commissioned by BBC, makers of "Planet Earth II."

This grizzly bear cub thought he was just enjoying a day at the river's edge before a scallop shell ruined it.

"It's 'Just' Anxiety," a film by Susan Polis Schutz, shows how the mental health issue manifests itself in various people and how they treated it successfully.

After scouring the world, producers of the new film settled on Italy's famed Amalfi Coast as the setting for the fictional island of Themyscira.

Director Goh Iromoto's cinematography and sound for his latest stunning effort will move your soul to hit the water.

Christine Ren's "Silent Killers" uses stunning visuals to draw attention to a net-buyback program to keep our seas cleaner for wildlife.

Streaming on Netflix, "Okja" is an action-parable about an animal and her human. It's bold and totally unique.

From musicals to thrillers, there's more than a few flicks out there where the solar eclipse has a starring role.

On the bicentennial of Thoreau's birth, a brief look into his life captures what makes the writer an American icon.

The remote Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is the setting for a pivotal moment in the latest episode of the 'Star Wars' franchise.

Gary Fisher, the dog owned by late actress Carrie Fisher, perked up every time Leia spoke.