From remote islands to sound-sapping deserts, these places remind us that quiet isn’t empty — it’s full of presence.

From dormant volcanoes and salt pans to urban forests and library gardens, these are the places we go for peace and quiet.

Lale chats with her colleagues about putting together “Seeking Quiet,” a collection of stories that highlights out quest for ...

People tend to think of elephants, with their enormous bulk and trumpetlike calls, as loud beasts ... he identified 21 places in his home of Washington State (an area of 71,298 square miles ...

True silence is increasingly hard to find, which is leading to an uptick in so-called "quiet-cations." Here's why finding a ...

“Nature has noise too, but it’s the absence of these loud manmade sources of sound ... As it turns out, threatened as they are, quiet places exist everywhere. Some we have to travel further ...