Birds across the planet share a learned warning cry that may echo the origins of language itself. Bird species that live thousands of miles apart and diverged millions of years ago are using ...

Whether on ESPN or CBS, it’s hard not to thing about the broadcast of The Masters without the always-memorable aspects of it. Yes, the voices of Scott Van Pelt and Jim Nantz are always welcome, as is ...

“I’m… so… tired.” One September morning, you’ll hear those three plaintive, descending notes emerge from the edge of the yard, a new sound in this quiet ...

Birds are the master vocalists of the animal kingdom. They can make a remarkable variety of sounds. But why is a barred owl more of a baritone, while a cedar waxwing is a soprano? And what influences ...

Last week, on a chilly, brisk afternoon, I joined a group of novice bird watchers to learn to identify birds by their calls.

Over a decade ago, behavioral ecologist Diane Colombelli-Négrel was wiring superb fairy wrens’ nests to record the birds’ sounds when she noticed something odd. Mother fairy wrens sang while ...

Jim Wilson/The New York Times. For some blind birders, avian soundscapes are a way to map the world around them. Increasing noise pollution is imperiling that navigation. By Alexandra Marvar Aug. 3, ...

A bird call has gone viral and taken people who grew up in the 2000s right back to their childhoods. I remember the same sound waking me up as a kid and soundtracking my teenage years. I asked an ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — From tree canopy or above, there are thousands of different birds flying around, each sporting their own unique call. Then again, it could be Samuel Henderson, who knows a lot ...