When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The wails coming from an enclosure at Taronga Zoo Sydney in Australia may sound like the cries of ...

A Canadian woman who “loves Australia but thinks it’s weird” has revealed her latest gripe with the country. Amanda, who lives on the mid-north coast of NSW, often shares TikTok videos about her ...

An album consisting of the sounds of endangered Australian birds has made its way to the top of the country's music charts after a heavy push on social media. "Songs of Disappearance" was released Dec ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Now that the covid omicron lockdown has thrown a wrench into ...

Language enables us to connect with each other and coordinate to achieve incredible feats. Our ability to communicate abstract concepts is often seen as a defining feature of our species, and one that ...

Tucked away in the forested corners of Australia lives a bird so unique that it could put most impressionists to shame. Meet the lyrebird, nature’s master mimic, whose reputation has grown not just ...

An Australian musk duck has been recorded saying “You bloody fool” in the first documented instance of the species mimicking human speech. A hand-reared male named Ripper was recorded imitating the ...

We all know that birds imitate sounds. If you weren’t aware of the many species that can do this, you’ll probably at least ...

Researchers found 778 individual pieces of plastic in one bird on Australia's Lord Howe Island Researchers in Australia have discovered excessive amounts of plastic in birds on the remote Lord Howe ...

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.