That’s because spring is when most birds turn to family obligations—they mate, build nests, lay eggs and raise young. Why do ...

Whatever the habitat, birds have a way of singing into it. When a bird sings, it can always be heard, even after it has moved out of sight. Sound travels in all directions; it can penetrate ...

Spring has officially approached us, as well as the craving for summer. TV Girl’s song “Birds Don’t Sing” is a melancholy, ...

The study relied on electrodes placed in the brains of parrots and songbirds and tracked the behavior of neurons in a region ...

Birds adjust their songs and territorial behavior to compete with traffic sounds, even in remote island environments.

Listening out for robins in winter is a great way to start trying to identify them by their sounds, since fewer other birds are singing at this time of year. 2. The early bird catches the worm. Early ...

Other birds, of course, are singing in March, for example, the American robin, but it seems they are more often vocal at dawn ...

Qi was able to show that another chemical messenger called acetylcholine can trigger dopamine release in the bird’s brain ...

Sound: According to Cornell University’s All About Birds guide, the males’ trilling song is described as sounding like “conk-la-ree!” while the females reply with three to five “chit ...