Nightingales sing with human-like rhythm, adjusting pitch and timing during nighttime song duels reveling how real-time vocal ...

The Henry Pigott house on Portsmouth Island. Photo by Sara Hassatt By Peter Vankevich The Portsmouth Island Christmas Bird Count took place this year after having been canceled in 2023 and 2024 ...

Minnesota chose the common loon as its state bird in 1961 because lawmakers and bird experts agreed that no other animal ...

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

Videogames aren't as hooked on loon sonics as movies and music are, though once you know what you're listening for, the ...

Some animals can sleep with just half their brain at a time. Understanding this phenomenon can help us learn more about human ...

The hoots of the great horned owl, the most common owl species in San Diego County, are something we hear throughout the year.

WorldAnimalFoundation.org is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn More Bird communication is far more complex than it appears at first ...

The Nature Trust of New Brunswick is collecting the chirps and songs of birds around the province with the help of 10 solar-powered machines from Australia. The non-profit’s soundscape project began a ...

Growing up on the rolling pastures of River Valley Farm in New Jersey, Bryce Cotton remembers hearing birdsong across the cattle ranch—the cries of kestrels and the trills of Killdeers. That started ...

Q. I heard a bird hit our picture window, which is a rare occurrence, since our feeders are close to the house. Looking out, I saw a grayish bird about blue jay size — it had a black stripe through ...

It’s that time of year: the Christmas Bird Count, when birders go out in flocks to record all the birds they see in a single day. The data collected during this annual tradition gets compiled by the ...