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

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

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

Most birds stop singing when the sun goes down, but for some, the concert is just starting. Hearing birds sing at night is an ...

Forget moving into a big house or driving a flashy car. These days if a television series wants to let you know a character ...

If you’ve ever seen a big, ghostly bird swoop through the beam of headlights, you probably glimpsed an American barn owl.

Do lions have accents? Study finds geographic differences in roars and reveals what scientists thought was one roar type is ...

The elegant trogon has officially been renamed the coppery-tailed trogon, though experts insist it's the same rare red-and-green beauty prized by birders across Southern Arizona.

There are over 350 species of hummingbirds, but only a little over a dozen visit or stay the U.S. Learning the different ...

Have trouble sleeping, or getting to sleep in the first place? You’ve no doubt heard of white noise machines, but know it ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...

Does anyone in the Ocean State hunt the bold birds and serve them for their own, inexpensive Thanksgiving dinners?