Not all pet birds have the physical or cognitive ability to learn songs, and understanding the difference can help owners set ...

Most birds have distinct calls that tend to stay the same. It’s how birders can recognize a species without seeing it. But new research shows these tunes can change. Over the course of two decades, ...

The first day of spring is still a month away, yet many Georgia songbirds already are bursting out in song. Other are performing elaborate courtships to lure nesting mates.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Laura Molles is so attuned to birds that she ...

San Francisco birds started singing differently in the quiet of the coronavirus lockdown, says a study in Science. Before, urban white-crowned sparrow’s breeding territories were almost three times as ...

A single courtship song from a male bird can rouse different responses depending on whether females have recently heard avian Pavarottis or the equivalent of tone-deaf singers in the shower. Yet in a ...

It’s 2 a.m. You’re snoozing in bed. The sun hasn’t risen, but the robin has. It is tuk-tuk-tuk-ing at an unnatural hour, waking you up. If this has happened to you, you’re not alone. Around the world, ...

Over 20 years, scientists tracked the transformation of the traditional trill of a common bird from western Canada to Ontario. By Cara Giaimo Even if you’re not a bird person, you probably know the ...