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

The sound of birds is everywhere but what if you can’t tell your robin from your ring-necked parrot? And when the birds listen to each other, are they picking up on the same qualities as we are? As ...

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 ...

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 ...

Birdsong is more than just mimicry. Birds learn to sing through complex brain processes similar to human speech learning.

Xeno-canto, which hosts the largest collection of bird sound recordings in the world, recently celebrated its tenth anniversary This article includes content hosted on xeno-canto.org. We ask for your ...

Forget the typical spa soundtracks, like rainstorms and crashing waves. The next time you want to relax, head to Spotify, look up key phrases like “birds in the forest,” and enjoy a cacophony of ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.