Birds sing the most about an hour before dawn, when the air is at its stillest. Theoretically, this enables sounds to travel ...

Bird songs are plentiful during the spring, but have you ever wondered why do birds sing? Find out the reasons from a bird ...

A pair of eastern bluebirds. Source: Claudine Lamothe, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY-NC 2.0 license. Birdsong is often thought of as a male trait, but new research is changing that idea.

For birds, these sorts of disputes happen all the time, with territory owners engaging in song battles with neighbors. The songbirds aren’t just defending their garden. They’re defending their food ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orange-crowned Warbler sitting on a branch, singing. Some of these songbirds will collect in “song neighborhoods” made of two to ...

When birds sleep, what are they dreaming about? Researchers from the University of Buenos Aires have figured out a way to tap into bird dreams. When a bird slumbers, its voice box, called the syrinx, ...

Not all pet birds have the physical or cognitive ability to learn songs, and understanding the difference can help owners set realistic expectations. For example, vocal learning species—including ...

When Rachel Carson wrote the environmental classic Silent Spring in 1962, she warned that unchecked human impacts might ...