The study of bird vocal behavior provides insights into ecology, evolution, and conservation. Prior research has mostly focused on bird songs, with limited attention to calling behavior. Although the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mountain chickadees are unusual in having more complex calls than songs. Vladimir Pravosudov I approach a flock of mountain ...

Birds separated by vast geographic distances and millions of years of evolution share a remarkably similar learned vocal warning to identify parasitic enemies near their nests, an international team ...

Acoustic communication is one of the primary ways birds transmit and acquire important information. Birds living in urban environments are limited in the transmission and recognition of vocalizations ...

From melodic morning choruses to territorial songs that echo through forests and grasslands, birds rely on vocalizations to ...

But not all species have the ability to create their own personal songs or to add the mimicry of other species and sounds to their repertoire. Most groups of birds have innate vocalizations. These ...

From insects to great apes, by way of birds and fish, animals communicate through an extraordinary variety of sounds. While ...

Light pollution is causing birds around the world to sing for longer each day, prolonging their vocalizations on average by 50 minutes, according to a new study by Brent Pease and Neil Gilbert. In ...

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 ...