In their native Australia, cassowaries have built up a fearsome reputation owing to the serious injuries they can inflict with their powerful kicks and dagger-like claws. Now keepers at Chester Zoo ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

You’ve probably seen a bald eagle in a film or TV show, where the bird soars gracefully and swoops with might to catch its ...

The birds, famous for their distinctive "poor, bob-white" morning calls, had nearly vanished from Maryland after declining ...

Is that the tweet of a titmouse? Or the chirp of a chickadee? After you download the app Merlin Bird ID, you can use your smartphone to identify sounds and match them to the birds in trees nearby and ...

A simple name for a beautifully simple song. The chiffchaff’s “chiff-chaff” call marks the sound of spring across Europe.

Most songbird species have complex songs and fairly simple calls. This is why vocalizations sound most melodic during the spring, when birds are attracting mates and breeding.

Examining and decoding bird calls is becoming an increasingly popular field of study, as scientists like me are discovering that many birds—including mountain chickadees— follow systematic ...

Rather, the app we’re about to go over tells you what specific species is making any bird sound around you—kind of like Shazam, only for nature. All you have to do is hold up your phone and ...

Since Henderson mostly practiced his calls alone on the playground along the back fence, many kids at his school had not ever heard his incredible skills. That is, until the annual 2024 Nicoma ...

A tiny bird in Australia has been spotted using fake hawk alarm calls to scare threats away from their nests to protect their babies, shedding more light on deceptive sounds used by animals to ...