SAGINAW COUNTY, Mich. — To see a rail is rare, to convince it to roost in a Michigan wetland is another task. In a three-year study, a now-former PhD candidate at Central Michigan University used ...

Scientists listened to birds from around the world. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 10, 2025 1:33 PM EST Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Jerusalem Crawley grew up in Detroit, where he didn’t have much contact with nature. “I was a typical city kid and birds were the last thing on my mind,” said Crawley, now 22, who is visually impaired ...

Researchers conducted a global study of the factors that influence bird sounds, using more than 100,000 audio recordings from around the world. Birds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a ...

If you were old enough to buy CDs in the ’90s, you may remember listening stations at superstores that featured music by some of nature’s noisiest creatures: birds. These CDs blended classical music ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

A group in Western Washington state has developed a novel gauge for their forest conservation work — thousands of audio recordings of native birds. WOLF: Yeah, it's beautiful. SUMMERS: Adrian Wolf ...

Forget the typical spa soundtracks, like rainstorms and crashing waves. The next time you want to relax, head to Spotify, look up key phrases like “birds in the forest,” and enjoy a cacophony of ...

In a study conducted at the University of Helsinki, AI was trained to classify bird sounds with increasing accuracy. The results of the study have been used, among others, in the "Muuttolintujen kevät ...

Humans are a noisy species. Think about our amplified music, our cars and trucks, construction equipment, chainsaws, aircraft, wind farms and snowmobiles. There is no doubt that humans alter the ...