Birds understand many sounds around them, from mates to alarms, and this hidden skill may hint at how human language first ...

When it comes to copying R2-D2, the best bet seems to be small birds with small brains .

Researcher Laurent Davin plays a replica of one of the 12,000-year-old bird bone flutes recently discovered in northern Israel. Davin et al., 2023 Scientists in Israel have discovered seven ...

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 ...

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.

Researchers have developed a new deep learning AI tool that generates life-like birdsongs to train bird identification tools, helping ecologists to monitor rare species in the wild. The findings are ...

Birds are the master vocalists of the animal kingdom. They can make a remarkable variety of sounds. But why is a barred owl more of a baritone, while a cedar waxwing is a soprano? And what influences ...

European starlings just beat parrots at their own game – copying complex sounds. In a new study by researchers in Amsterdam ...