A bird watching app is suddenly popular thanks to a new feature: the ability to identify the type of bird singing! It’s basically Shazam, but for bird sounds. Follow Rich DeMuro on Instagram for more ...

When you open a window at midday and hear birds singing, it can feel like a small gift. In many cases, it is also a clue about what your local environment is doing right, because birds usually invest ...

Hello. My name is Hannah from Toronto, Canada, age 4. I would like to know: Why do birds sing? Thanks – Hannah, age 4, Toronto. Hi Hannah, thanks for your excellent question. Lots of animals use ...

“I’m… so… tired.” One September morning, you’ll hear those three plaintive, descending notes emerge from the edge of the yard, a new sound in this quiet ...

Some birds sing to attract a mate. Others dance or display colorful feathers. But in the moonlit forests and shrublands of northern Argentina, one bird courts romance by snapping its wrists together, ...

I love listening to birds singing and surely miss it when they're not telling us what they're thinking and feeling. I've come to believe that listening to birdsong and other sounds of nature had a ...

Wind farms are impacting bird populations. Birds are altering their songs to be heard over turbine noise, a costly adaptation ...