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

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

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 ...

Each week a new group of birds passes through the yard as they wing their way north. Some stay to nest, while others continue their journey. So far, I’ve welcomed killdeer, woodcock, phoebes, field ...

It might sound like all chirps to you, but birds convey different messages, even across species. Language has long been considered the exclusive provenance of humans. But in the animal kingdom, birds, ...

Birds make an incredible variety of sounds, from simple chirps to complex songs, but whether they actually understand each other the way we understand language is more complicated than you’d think.