FARGO - There's a rather annoying vocal trend that's been creeping - or creaking rather - into conversations. It's known as "vocal fry," "creaky voice," "Kardashian style," and in a more official ...

Macquarie University researchers have found social perceptions, not speech patterns, may explain why vocal fry is more often noticed—and criticized—in women. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

Kim Kardashian does it. So do Scarlett Johansson and Katy Perry. And it turns out many whales also use “vocal fry,” the deep, gravelly vocal register these celebrities and a growing number of young ...

Scan of a porpoise head showing the phonic lips, which help produce echolocation clicks, and the round, fatty melon that conducts sound into the water Christian B. Christensen, Aarhus University Vocal ...