Birds became the world's master musicians in order to convey to potential mates, rivals and predators all the important things they have to say, from "Clear off!" to "Come on!" And their songs ...

Scientists tell us that the family dog shuffling its legs while asleep on the floor really is dreaming. And when a bird ...

However, another thing we admire about birds is the sweet songs that they sing. Birds sing for many reasons. They do it to ...

This story appears in the July 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. In a bird market in the Mediterranean tourist town of Marsa Matruh, Egypt, I was inspecting cages crowded with wild ...

is now trying to preserve the birds' song by teaching captive honeyeaters the songs of their wild relatives. The researchers had not set out to study the song of the regent honeyeater, but simply ...

As many said at the time, bird song did sound different during lockdown, according to a scientific study. By analysing the calls of sparrows recorded over decades, scientists confirmed a change in ...

A song is harmonious, whereas a call usually consists of short, chip-sounding notes. If you need some help identifying those notes and birds, download a free cellphone app called Merlin at ...

Those beak-driven changes to their songs can impact how specieses recognize one another and drive their separation, according to the study. [Related: Thanks to a matriarchal gene, this bird can ...

Changes in finch beaks, driven by environmental factors, also alter their songs, which affects how the birds recognize their ...

Birds play a wide range of unique cultural roles for the Nuer people, who have three interchangeable names for them.

“Just getting out into nature and enjoying bird song, color, and activity is so good for your health,” says Webber, who also mentions that the Fort Collins Audubon Society promotes Mindful ...

They say that hindsight is 20/20, and though the theory of ecological speciation -- which holds that new species emerge in response to ecological changes -- seems to hold in retrospect, it has been ...