Hello. My name is Hannah from Toronto, Canada, age 4. I would like to know: Why do birds sing? Thanks – Hannah, age 4, Toronto. Hi Hannah, thanks for your excellent question. Lots of animals use ...

Hearing birds sing outside your home in the middle of the day can feel almost too simple to matter. But that sound is a form of communication, and it often shows up where birds can find food, shelter, ...

A bird watching app is suddenly popular thanks to a new feature: the ability to identify the type of bird singing! It’s basically Shazam, but for bird sounds. Follow Rich DeMuro on Instagram for more ...

Birds don't just sing for beauty, their voices carry messages, warnings, and even regional dialects that reveal a hidden world of communication. Bird sounds offer insight into how intelligent and ...

When you open a window at midday and hear birds singing, it can feel like a small gift. In many cases, it is also a clue about what your local environment is doing right, because birds usually invest ...

Three species of the melodic African warbler bird refuse to get up early and sing their customary daybreak songs when the weather is cold. This new discovery was made recently by a team of soundscape ...

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky!

(CORNELL) — It’s an almost universal feeling: the thrill of hearing a mysterious new bird song. And it’s usually followed up by the question, “What was that bird?” Schoharie County Eagle Trail is a ...

I love listening to birds singing and surely miss it when they're not telling us what they're thinking and feeling. I've come to believe that listening to birdsong and other sounds of nature had a ...

During a peaceful wildlife observation, I filmed a Eurasian wren singing from a natural perch. Despite its tiny size, this ...