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

Cardinals, Carolina Wrens, and juncos have also been singing more over the last week or two. And Mourning Doves – they will ...

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

The full-throated singing of birds tells us that spring can't wait to get here, and we can't wait for it to get here either after the cold blustery winter we've been through. It was a cloudy and ...

Traffic noise creates a variety of problems for people, and it also poses problems for wildlife. This is especially true for birds who rely on song to attract a mate and to defend a territory from ...

A chorus rings out all over Houston as birds fill the air with spirited springtime songs. We can pick out particular birds by their voices, much as we can recognize our children or grandchildren in a ...

Song allows the bird to "speak" better than and other family of creatures. It is the perfect medium for communicating over long distances, or when it is hard to see the singer - and the audience: for ...

A new study has confirmed the belief that birdsongs evolve as a result of age, population dynamics and movement of the birds. Researchers gathered thousands of hours of audio of great tits (Parus ...

Birds create songs by moving muscles in their vocal organs to vibrate air passing through their tissues, and new research shows that these muscles act in concert to create sound. Scientists describe ...

Bird songs are awesome. You probably don't pay them much mind, but the songs of birds are known to be soothing to humans, regardless of the setting. Bird songs can reduce stress and improve your mood, ...

Bird song is beautiful and fascinating. I love hearing the first songs of returning lazuli buntings, western tanagers and Bullock’s orioles this time of year. And it’s fun to chase down some mystery ...

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 ...