Birds don't just sing for beauty, their voices carry messages, warnings, and even regional dialects that reveal a hidden ...

Birds worldwide share the same warning call, blending instinct and learning, revealing insights into communication evolution.

Birds worldwide share a unique alarm call to warn each other about brood parasites like cuckoos. This vocalization, a blend ...

Merely balls of fire far, far away, stars may roar as they burn; but they have no gentle sound that gives them voice. Autumn ...

Songbirds aren’t the only birds with helpful mnemonics. Next time you hear a hooting sound, if it sounds like “who cooks for you, who cooks for you all,” that’s a barred owl. Why and how songbirds ...

When you’re birding by ear, you use the same skills as when you’re recognizing music; listening to sounds, patterns, changes ...