Not all pet birds have the physical or cognitive ability to learn songs, and understanding the difference can help owners set ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Laura Molles is so attuned to birds that she ...

Michelle Hall's research has been funded by the Australia and Pacific Science Foundation, and the Australian Research Council. This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The ...

Bird song is beautiful and fascinating. I love hearing the first songs of returning lazuli buntings, western tanagers and Bullock’s orioles this time of year. And it’s fun to chase down some mystery ...

Song allows the bird to "speak" better than and other family of creatures. It is the perfect medium for communicating over long distances, or when it is hard to see the singer - and the audience: for ...

Every morning at about 7 since late February, the cardinal has been singing its “Cheer, cheer, cheer” song in my yard. Now the American robin is singing, “Cheerily, cheerio,” adding to the growing ...

poets and musicians, from Chaucer to Wordsworth, from Handel to Respighi. Birdsong can be a natural phenomenon of intense beauty. But our enjoyment is incidental to the main purpose, which is one bird ...