For decades, scientists have known that only a few groups of birds—songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds—can learn to produce new sounds. But a new article in The Quarterly Review of Biology reveals ...

The lovable Star Wars droid is helping to shed light on why some bird species are better at mimicking sounds than others ...

Gazan music teacher Ahmed Abu Amsha uses melodies both to help his students forget the war around them, and to memorialize ...

The Minnesota Timberwolves weren’t afraid of trash talk during and immediately after their playoff series win over the Los ...

What I love most about juncos is that even a casual nature watcher can find them, and enjoy their spritely antics on a dreary ...

Dawn is beckoned by choruses of birds all around the world, but we still don't understand why our avian neighbours insist on ...

When a bird spots a predator and emits an alarm call, do its neighbors think "predator" and then react? Or do they automatically freeze or fly away ...

In studying animal communication, it’s hard to know whether animals react instinctively to the vocalizations of others or ...

Each morning begins with the same sound – birds singing before sunrise. A new study on zebra finches explains this behavior with remarkable clarity. The researchers found that early singing isn’t ...

The dawn chorus of birdsong has inspired poets and nature lovers for thousands of years, but the reason why birds all over the world start the day this way is an enduring mystery. Now, a series of ...

If you've been labouring tirelessly to create a stunning garden, it can be disappointing when birds fail to make it their home. However, don't despair. Specialists say that by introducing just a ...