Spring weather has finally arrived, ushering in a sensory feast of nature's sights, sounds and scents after the barrenness of winter. We humans feel joyful at the prospect of long days filled with ...

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.

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 ...

Listener Jonathan Meiburg traveled far to find caracaras and albatrosses. We like to take advantage of the fact that we are an oral medium, and use sounds to bring you snapshots of life. You send us ...

In a study conducted at the University of Helsinki, AI was trained to classify bird sounds with increasing accuracy. The ...

When birds and humans sing it sounds completely different, but now new research reported in the journal Nature Communications shows that the very same physical mechanisms are at play when a bird sings ...