A biologist has shown that bastard doves can fend for themselves. Despite having a strange coo, hybrid offspring are still able to defend their territory. This is necessary for further reproduction.

Amid spring’s profusion of birdsong, one of the most iconic voices is that of the mourning dove. It’s a familiar sound, in which an opening note swells into a higher second syllable, then falls back ...

The coo was like the voice of my L.A. childhood. Hearing the mourning dove again was a revelation, but with it came a realization: I’d not listened to one in many years. It is the sound of do-nothing ...

A new study shows that instead of the loud bellowing roars that we now associate with dinosaurs – largely thanks to Hollywood and its depiction of the ancient beasts in films such as Jurassic Park – ...

One of the most commonly sighted backyard birds in North America is the mourning dove (Zenaida macroura). It is very likely you have seen them sitting on a power line or even feeding at the park. This ...

How species are formed and how species remain separate are crucial questions in evolutionary biology. The offspring of crosses between different animal species are often infertile or die when still in ...

WHEN we think of the Tyrannosaurus rex we imagine a large, ferocious monster which would strike fear into anything with its loud roar, but new research suggests that this wasn’t the case. A new study ...