On their outing last Friday with 2025 Shorebird Festival keynote speaker and “Wildlife DJ” Ben Mirin, attendees of his wildlife sound recording session did more than look for birds about Homer — they ...

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.

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

Forget the typical spa soundtracks, like rainstorms and crashing waves. The next time you want to relax, head to Spotify, look up key phrases like “birds in the forest,” and enjoy a cacophony of ...

Scientists brought to life the silent, sleeping songs of two great kiskadees. Andrej Chudý via Flickr under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED While birds are fast asleep, their brains remain active, firing off ...