Earth.com

Birds can learn meaning in sounds - not just songs

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

Hear the sounds of spring in your area

Headphones icon This story is best experienced with audio. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Birdsong can ...

Vocal comprehension learning is widespread across birds

For decades, scientists have known that only a few groups of birds—songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds—can learn to produce ...
Scientific American

These Birds Learned to Tweet Like R2-D2. Listen to the Uncanny Results

The lovable Star Wars droid is helping to shed light on why some bird species are better at mimicking sounds than others ...
Yahoo

Thousands of wild birds dying off across Kansas, experts suspect bird flu

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW)—Wild birds in Kansas are dying from suspected bird flu. Some reservoirs estimate more than 1 in 100 birds have died this season. The deaths are happening in several different ways ...
NPR

The Macaulay Library picks its favorite bird sounds for 2025. See who made the cut

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.