Several species of birds from different continents use and understand similar alarm calls when they see an invader that might lay an egg in their nest – this shared call hints at the origin of languag ...

There are plenty of birds that are widely referenced in popular culture today, whether as a sports team name or as the origin for an ubiquitous turn of phrase—looking at you, ugly duckling. But few ...

More than 20 species make a nearly identical noise to warn nearby birds of brood parasites, a behavior that bridges the ...

There were no birds onstage at the University of Hong Kong last weekend, but the sounds – trills, hoots, warbles – suggested otherwise. In the city’s first-ever bird call competition, participants ...