A European robin, Erithacus rubecula, sings in a tree in Norfolk, England. Studies have linked the sound of birdsong to reduced levels of depression and anxiety. Photograph By David Tipling, Nature ...

Back during COVID, I was doing online yoga with a friend in Maine. I remember it was summer, and a bird was singing incessantly in her yard that I didn’t know - its song made me feel like I was in a ...

David Attenborough presents seven of the most remarkable animal songs found in nature and explores the significance of these songs in the lives of their species. David Attenborough presents seven of ...

“In the spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love,” the saying goes. The same may be said of birds. That’s because spring is when most birds turn to family obligations—they mate, ...

I was out back early this morning, drinking coffee and recording the morning chorus of bird songs with Merlin, the Cornell Lab birding App. There is a feature in Merlin called Sound ID that listens to ...

It was once thought that only male songbirds were capable of song. However, in 64 percent of all songbird species, the females sing. Professor Naomi Langmore first made this discovery by recording a ...

A new study shows male zebra finches must sing every day to keep their vocal muscles in shape. Females prefer the songs of males that did their daily vocal workout. Why do songbirds sing so much? Well ...

Most professional singers agree that practice makes perfect. And now research published in Nature Communications shows that songbirds also rely on a daily vocal workout—if they want to impress ...

I don’t know about you, but when I wake up to birdsong I always feel like it’s going to be a good day. There’s something so spring-like about hearing the birds singing in the garden, and I love ...