Look at this mesmerizing murmuration and then read on to find out which birds do it, why they do it, and how they avoid ...

Nightingales are among the most celebrated of all animal singers, no doubt earning their place through the complexity of ...

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

These three bird courtship displays are so bold, precise and theatrical that they make human romance look a little ...

“Pecking is a full-body exercise,” says University of Alabama biologist Nicole Ackermans, who studies brain damage in ...

Bush-pilot lore celebrates the humor, quick thinking, grace under pressure and flying skills that sum up what it means to be ...

Cowbirds are special among songbirds for the "watery" timbre of their singing, which resembles the sound of falling droplets ...

"Our blue jay has decided she’s actually a cat. Lately, Pluto’s favorite thing to mimic are the feral cats she hears outside her window – and it’s not only their meows – it’s their hissing and ...

If you’ve ever caught a glimpse of a pale, silent shape drifting over a Hampshire meadow at dusk, you may have been lucky enough to witness one ...

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 just beat parrots at their own game – copying complex sounds. In a new study by researchers in Amsterdam and Leiden, the two bird groups were tested on their ability to imitate ...