When the group of bird counters gathered Sunday morning for the state’s annual Christmas Bird Count wrap-up, the sounds of ...

Three species of the melodic African warbler bird refuse to get up early and sing their customary daybreak songs when the ...

In 1987, wildlife veterinarian Mark Pokras was in his office at Tufts University in Massachusetts when a colleague from New ...

Even so, nature resonates with distinct sounds during the cold season. Winter, in fact, is a good time to keep your ears ...

The cultural stories attached to the turtle dove are so complicated, so varied, that you could well imagine them framing one of those riddles you find inside a Christmas cracker. ‘Which bird, named ...

LINWOOD, Kan. (KCTV) - The highly contagious bird flu is surging across the Kansas City metro - and wildlife officials warn that it could spread to cats and humans. Operation Wildlife issued an urgent ...

Why birds can’t stay silent when morning comes. During the night, darkness blocks the birds’ natural drive to vocalize. When the first light appears, that suppressed urge bursts forth with intensity.

A new paper from Purdue’s Bryan Pijanowski and colleagues looks at all the ways sound influences human, animal and environmental health It’s 2 a.m. and you’re woken by a motorcycle revving its engine ...

This app has taught me that the key to mindfulness can be found in listening to the world around you. Anna Gragert (she/her/hers) was previously the lifestyle editor at HelloGiggles, deputy editor at ...

Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public ...

European starlings were the best at imitating R2-D2's multphonic sounds because they can control both sides of both sides of the syrinx independently, the researchers say. Pexels Birds have shown the ...

Rachel Carson’s landmark 1962 environmental science book Silent Spring was an investigation of the environmental harm caused by the use of the synthetic pesticide DDT. The book took its title from the ...