The study, published this week and highlighted by ScienceDaily, suggests that gene activity in the bird's brain region known as the "song nuclei" could be the sole determination of how they actually ...

Researchers have tracked muscle contractions in a bird's vocal tract, and reconstructed the song it was silently singing in its sleep. The resulting audio is a very specific call, allowing the team to ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sophisticated birdsong follows strict grammatical rules, much like human sentences. But what happens when birds can’t hear themselves sing? A new international study of ...

Learning to recognize every bird song is a daunting task. I still don’t recognize every song or call note I hear. As a beginning birdwatcher I was slow to learn the songs. It was easier to let more ...

poets and musicians, from Chaucer to Wordsworth, from Handel to Respighi. Birdsong can be a natural phenomenon of intense beauty. But our enjoyment is incidental to the main purpose, which is one bird ...

Scientists are investigating what happens when you bring nature into nursing homes. The Northglenn Heights long-term care facility sits in suburbs of North Denver. The building looks nice from the ...

THE WEAKEST FEATURE in field guides is the description of a bird’s song or call. Trying to put into words what a bird’s song sounds like is futile. You feel like an idiot muttering phrases like, “see, ...

Imagine being able to watch musical notes flying through the air as your favorite relaxing song plays gently through the breeze. In a sense, scientists are one step closer to being able to make ...

One rainy morning a week ago, I hear a beautiful bird song that I cannot quite identify. It’s longish, sweet and melodic. From in the bedroom, I glance over at the feeders and there’s the usual ...

There's a new book out that is unlike any other -- it features characters with names like Hawaii creeper and bufflehead -- and strangest of all: it tweets. And it doesn't tweet in the 21st century, ...