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If you’ve ever heard a bird and wondered what it was, the free Merlin Bird ID app for iPhone offers one of the easiest ways ...

Watch this video that will help you learn how to easily identify the birds you see and hear in the wild and become the best ...

When birds and humans sing it sounds completely different, but now new research shows that the very same physical mechanisms are at play when a bird sings and a human speaks. When birds and humans ...

One can be surrounded by diverse flocks of birds, understand their patterns, and hear a chorus or distinct voices but never ...

“I’m… so… tired.” One September morning, you’ll hear those three plaintive, descending notes emerge from the edge of the yard, a new sound in this quiet ...

Birds, although they have larynges, use a different organ to sing. Called a syrinx, it's a uniquely avian feature. Now, a team that brings together physics, biology, computation and engineering finds ...

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: It's a bird show. I like that. I love birds. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Ray Brown's "Talkin' Birds." SIMON: Yep, Ray Brown, our friend of the finely feathered and host of "Talkin' Birds" ...

The crested pigeon, found in Australia, has a modified wing feather that helps produce an alarm signal sound to warn other birds when there's trouble. Feathers are not just for flight. They keep birds ...