Over the course of any given year, more than 200 bird species live just west of Manhattan's spires in the Hackensack Meadowlands. Scientists have known that for a while, with the Meadowlands serving ...

"First, it can verify that the call you initially heard was correct and indeed belonged to that bird. Second, bird-watching has always been about comprehensive observation — color, shape, behavior, ...

Among the devices that the children will see — many for the first time – is the shotgun microphone that, like binoculars for sounds, can pick up a bird call from a definite direction while cancelling ...

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.