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

Winter has a way of silencing the world that makes every sound feel amplified, like nature finally turned down the volume on ...

LINWOOD, Kan. (KCTV) - The highly contagious bird flu is surging across the Kansas City metro - and wildlife officials warn that it could spread to cats and humans. Operation Wildlife issued an urgent ...

When a bird spots a predator and emits an alarm call, do its neighbors think “predator” and then react? Or do they automatically freeze or fly away because that’s what they’re wired to do?

Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public ...

European starlings were the best at imitating R2-D2's multphonic sounds because they can control both sides of both sides of the syrinx independently, the researchers say. Pexels Birds have shown the ...

One can detect the presence of an adorbler by noticing when fellow birdwatchers coo, “Oh, hello, little buddy,” and “Well, look at you,” or emit soft squeals of delight. A is also for American robin, ...

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The relationship between sounds in words and their meaning is thought to be mostly arbitrary. Some linguists and behavioural ecologists, however, argue that the instinctive vocal responses that humans ...

A superb fairy-wren calls to a Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo. Brood parasites like cuckoos lay eggs in other birds' nests and leave them behind for the host birds to raise. David Ongley / Cornell Lab of ...

William Feeney receives funding from the Spanish National Research Council. He has previously received funding from the Queensland Government, Hermon Slade Foundation, Seaworld Research and Rescue ...

Zebra finches have a more complex way of communicating than previously thought. A new study published in the journal Science found that the sociable songbird does not just recognize and organize ...