Recently there have been fascinating discoveries about the evolution of great tit song. Researchers at a long-running research project in Wytham Woods near Oxford found that great tits of a similar ...

From whale songs to lion roars, animals have evolved to stretch their voices across distances so that friends—and sometimes foes—can hear them. Each sound is coded with messages like "Come here!" ...

"Free as a Bird" by The Beatles returns to the top 10 on a pair of sales lists in the U.K. as the decades-old tune becomes a surprise bestseller again.

The massive wildfires that blanketed New York in smoke in the summer of 2023 affected how often some birds in the state sang ...

As Wichita Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Holly Mulcahy and composer Daniel Perttu began to collaborate on a violin concerto for her, she recalled a recording she had of an eagle’s cry she heard ...

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

Phoenix rocker shares the story behind "Jason P. Woodbury & The Night Bird Singing Quartet," from childhood memories of desert drives to UFOs.

Scientists have discovered that a widely recognized Amazonian antbird is not one, but five distinct species—including two ...

Researchers develop TweetyBERT, an AI model that automatically decodes canary songs to help neuroscientists understand the neural basis of speech.

A new machine learning model, TweetyBERT, automatically segments and classifies canary vocalizations with expert-level accuracy, offering a scalable platform for neuroscience, providing insights into ...

On the eve of his latest Australian solo tour, Hadley says he never tires of including the big ’80s hits among his newer material.

The species, a thrush cousin of the American robin, is one of many that fall into a category known as “common bird in steep decline.” ...