A man has been convicted of running an illegal pet shop from his home in Staffordshire.

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Cowbirds are special among songbirds for the "watery" timbre of their singing, which resembles the sound of falling droplets ...

Avimancy is a new project being led by a birding couple who are linking their ornithologic fascination to their art, exploring film, music, dance and more.

"Our blue jay has decided she’s actually a cat. Lately, Pluto’s favorite thing to mimic are the feral cats she hears outside ...

Despite a dramatic rise in whale deaths in the Bay Area — with 2025 already surpassing any year in the past-quarter century — acoustic monitoring of marine mammals in and around the ...

If you’ve ever owned a Conure, or known someone who has, you already know these birds are tiny clowns with big personalities, and even bigger opinions about where they want to hang out. In this ...

European starlings were the best at imitating R2-D2's multphonic sounds because they can control both sides of both sides of the syrinx independently, the researchers say. Pexels Birds have shown the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Songbirds like parrots and parakeets might be well known for ...

It may sound like a simple - and simply dull - statement of fact, the kind of thing that people refer to as a 'passing comment' or deploy as 'filler' to fix a dreaded awkward silence. But, while it ...

When scientists played R2-D2’s famous bleeps and whistles for a group of birds, they weren’t expecting a concert — but that’s exactly what they got. Researchers from the University of Amsterdam and ...