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 ...

Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds—one of the natural world's greatest symphonies—is a joy like no other. It is not surprising that bird-watching has become an increasingly popular hobby. A simple ...

Darin McNeil, Ph.D., an assistant professor of wildlife management in the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of ...

For the Bachman’s sparrow, whether a song is passed to the next generation could depend, in part, on the wind and trees.

I crossed paths with this gorgeous male eastern towhee while visiting Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge. I heard the bird’s song, went looking for it, and was rewarded with a bird willing to ...

The curtain rises, the opera begins. Although a few songbirds arrived in April, May is when the headlong rush to procreate drives the remaining songbirds here. They sing an aria from every tree. It ...

There has been a revolution in birding with the advent of Merlin, a free software that can identify bird images and songs. While Merlin makes plenty of mistakes, it is a remarkable advance, and ...

Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds – one of the natural world’s greatest symphonies – is a joy like no other. It is not surprising that bird-watching has become an increasingly popular hobby. A ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Chris Lituma, West Virginia University (THE CONVERSATION) Waking up to the dawn chorus ...