Researcher Laurent Davin plays a replica of one of the 12,000-year-old bird bone flutes recently discovered in northern Israel. Davin et al., 2023 Scientists in Israel have discovered seven ...

All air-breathing vertebrates have a larynx—a structure of muscles and folds that protects the trachea and, in many animals, vibrates and modulates to produce a stunning array of sounds. But birds, ...

The evolution of the advanced ability to mimic the birdsong of other species, and even sounds heard in the environment, is usually driven by sexual selection. Female superb lyrebirds, for instance, ...

Forget the typical spa soundtracks, like rainstorms and crashing waves. The next time you want to relax, head to Spotify, look up key phrases like “birds in the forest,” and enjoy a cacophony of ...

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