When you think of animals that sing, birds will certainly come to mind. Whales might, too. But mice? Or fish? It turns out mice and fish do sing, although "vocalizations" might be a more technically ...

Cats do all sorts of confusing things, but that's one of the many reasons we love them so much … they keep us on our toes! Of the many unique sounds they make — meowing, hissing, purring — there's one ...

Older male nightingales perform faster and more demanding trills than their younger rivals. With up to 100 trill elements a second, nightingales belong to the fastest singers. Older male nightingales ...

Like rock stars of the rodent world, the flashiest performers of a Central American mouse species get the most attention from the ladies, a new study shows. Like rock stars of the rodent world, the ...

Inmates of the Chicago Industrial Home for Children at Woodstock were convinced last fortnight that a canary was loose somewhere in the building. Day after day they heard it chirp and trill. Day after ...

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 ...