Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt created the character’s high-pitched, electronic chattering by combining his own voice and ...

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, R2-D2 beeped and booped—and now birds that copy the Star Wars character are giving ...

Discover the origins of the name "John Crow" in Jamaica, the bird’s role in Jamaican culture, and how it inspired the naming ...

In A Nutshell Woodpeckers exhale forcefully with every peck, using the same “grunting” technique tennis players use to boost their serve power They take miniature breaths lasting just 40 milliseconds ...

As any Merlin Bird IDer knows, there is no thrill quite like pressing the "This is my bird" button for the first time, and it ...

A collective of land trusts, conservancies and tribes is capturing birdsong with audio gear and A.I. for clues about habitat ...

A new study provides a clear picture of how birds are responding to climate change in the mountains near Vancouver.

Flight is a rare skill in the animal world. Among vertebrates, it evolved only three times: in bats, birds, and the ...

The results identified a 12% increase in the presence of insectivorous birds like chaffinches, blackbirds, and black caps.

Modern researchers know about the cuckoo’s cross-species brood parasitism – but one Roman emperor observed this more than 700 ...

After a Western Washington resident became the first human to contract a rare form of avian flu, you may be wondering if ...

A Washington state resident dies from a bird flu strain that has never been detected in humans globally. But risks to public ...