The sound of birds singing is synonymous with spring. As delightful as the tweets and chirps may be, these songs are actually tied to the birds’ survival — and a combination of day length, sunlight ...

Not all birds sing, but those that do — some several thousand species — do it a lot. All over the world, as soon as light filters over the horizon, songbirds launch their serenades. They sing to ...

Sparrows, blackbirds and the great tit are all birds known to sing at a higher pitch (frequency) in urban environments. It was previously believed that these birds sang at higher frequencies in order ...

When the world is quiet and the sun has just begun to rise as birds fill the air with songs. It is one of the most peaceful and beautiful moments in nature but if you have ever wondered why birds sing ...

The total solar eclipse in North America on April 8, 2024, temporarily reset the biological clocks of some bird species, according to new research.The eclipse created a dramatic spectacle as the moon ...

The reason why birds make such a racket at dawn is still unclear. But researchers are now pouring cold water on one popular idea about why. Researchers have some new evidence about what makes birds ...

When birds sleep, what are they dreaming about? Researchers from the University of Buenos Aires have figured out a way to tap into bird dreams. When a bird slumbers, its voice box, called the syrinx, ...

“In the spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love,” the saying goes. The same may be said of birds. That’s because spring is when most birds turn to family obligations—they mate, ...

Source: fir0002, via Wikimedia Commons. Traditionally, birdsong has been viewed as a male trait, and this bias has dominated research on the behavior. “For a long time, scientists thought that female ...