Even so, nature resonates with distinct sounds during the cold season. Winter, in fact, is a good time to keep your ears ...

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 — ...

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 ...

The relationship between sounds in words and their meaning is thought to be mostly arbitrary. Some linguists and behavioural ecologists, however, argue that the instinctive vocal responses that humans ...