The lovable Star Wars droid is helping to shed light on why some bird species are better at mimicking sounds than others ...
For decades, scientists have known that only a few groups of birds—songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds—can learn to produce ...
Does anyone in the Ocean State hunt the bold birds and serve them for their own, inexpensive Thanksgiving dinners?
European starlings just beat parrots at their own game – copying complex sounds. In a new study by researchers in Amsterdam ...
When you think of birds imitating sounds, parrots and starlings might come to mind. They're famous for copying human speech, ...
Zebra finches don’t just mimic sounds—they understand them, revealing surprising insights into animal communication and cognition.
What began as a few birds gathering quietly at dusk has turned into a nightly ordeal for Gelephu town residents. The rising ...
A hummingbird’s heart beats over 1,200 times per minute, while the great egret hunts with precision unmatched in shallow ...
Two birds of prey have been stolen from a rescue centre, police have said. Keepers at the Cornish Birds of Prey Centre CIC said a gyr falcon and a striated caracara were taken between 17:00 GMT on ...
A one-of-a-kind performance from Stephen Nachmanovitch and David Rothenberg blending improvisation, nature, and sound in ...
Zebra finches are a prominent model system for vocal learning and auditory system function, yet little is known about the functional development of the auditory system. Here, the authors convincingly ...