Countless YouTube videos feature pet birds singing and talking to their owners. Although it may seem like simple mimicry, ...

Researchers hope restoring the original song will improve breeding prospects for birds released into the wild ...

Not all pet birds have the physical or cognitive ability to learn songs, and understanding the difference can help owners set ...

Imagine being able to watch musical notes flying through the air as your favorite relaxing song plays gently through the breeze. In a sense, scientists are one step closer to being able to make ...

WAYNESBORO, Virginia—Standing in the woods along the South River, Kelly Hallinger held the microphone up to capture the cacophony of songs, one at a time: the urgent, effervescent voice of the house ...

The hermit thrush prefers to sing in harmonic series, a fundamental component of human music Helen Thompson A hermit thrush perches on a branch in the Pennsylvania woods. Its songs have long been ...

Two birds that look the same, but have songs so different they can't recognize each other, should be considered distinct species, suggests new research. Among 72 related populations of Central and ...

poets and musicians, from Chaucer to Wordsworth, from Handel to Respighi. Birdsong can be a natural phenomenon of intense beauty. But our enjoyment is incidental to the main purpose, which is one bird ...

The dramatic reduction in automobile traffic noise in San Francisco during the COVID-19 lockdown has allowed a common songbird to sing softer, more elaborate songs that are more appealing to the ...

The rising popularity of songbird singing competitions in Indonesia has led to the dramatic decline of the white-rumped shama ...