The American dipper is a songbird that prefers water to the skies! Learn what the bird looks like and where you're likely to ...

Once at risk of being wiped out, humpback whales charted a remarkable comeback thanks to their songs. In 1979, National ...

The great tit (Parus major) is the picture-perfect garden bird. With its colorful feathers and melodic, two-note whistle, it ...

Heard a chirp or spotted a flutter? These free apps identify backyard birds by sight or sound — no binoculars or in-depth ...

A beach on a remote island, and home to nesting turtles, is annually overwhelmed by tonnes of plastic garbage. Christmas Island is doing what it can to help stem the never-ending tide of pollution. A ...

Abstract: By automatically detecting and classifying bird sounds, relevant researchers can learn ecological information about bird distribution, migration patterns, and habitat preferences. This paper ...

In a clip from David Attenborough 's 1998 BBC TV series Life of Birds, a lyrebird imitates a chainsaw, kookaburra and car ...

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

According to co-author Brenton Cooper, a neuroscientist who studies speech and language, cowbirds briefly hold their breath ...

The Rufous scrub-bird is one of the world's oldest surviving species of songbird, but scientists believe fewer than 2,000 of ...

The giant false leaf katydid is a large, leaf-mimicking insect native to tropical forests across parts of South and Southeast Asia. Adults rank among the largest known katydids, typically reaching ...