In an avian version of "Can you hear me now?," researchers have discovered that city birds sing at a higher pitch than country birds not only to penetrate the low-frequency roar of urban life, but ...

Not all birds sing, but those that do — some several thousand species — do it a lot. All over the world, as soon as light filters over the horizon, songbirds launch their serenades. They sing to ...

Scientists are finding more evidence that birdsong parallels human-made music. Credit...Fiona Carswell Supported by By Marlowe Starling When a bird sings, you may think you’re hearing music. But are ...

Twelve-year-old Michael Pete may be young, but he is already thinking about passing on the Cahuilla tradition of bird singing to the next generation. His sentiment is notable — yes, because of his age ...

Light pollution makes birds work overtime. A behavioral analysis of nearly 600 bird species suggests that light pollution from human development can lengthen the time birds spend singing by nearly an ...

If the songbirds in your neighborhood are waking you up earlier and chirping well into the evening, blame light pollution. Artificial light touches nearly every corner of Earth’s surface, and a new ...