The Java sparrow is ready for the video recording. As I hold it carefully in my hand in order to transfer it to the recording ...

The image of the tiny flapping butterfly has come to stand for the outsized impact of small actions, or even the inherent unpredictability of life itself. But what was Lorenz – who is now remembered ...

“He released a shimmering trail of tiny microbubbles from his plumage, coating himself with a lubricating layer of air to cut ...

UNDER the above heading in your issue of January 18, 1872, Dr. Elliot Coues describes the peculiar movements made by the bones of the wing of the bird in flexion and extension. It may interest ...

The sound and sight of so many cranes clustered ... The cranes put on an impressive show, dancing on their slender legs, flapping their wings and sticking their long beaks in the air to vocalize ...

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison conducted the first global study on bird sounds, analyzing over 100,000 recordings to reveal how habitat, geography, beak shape, and body size ...

The planet’s birds make a lot of different sounds communicating a wide variety of messages. The petite Black-capped chickadee emits a high noise that tells predators to scram. Hungry Pileated ...

But what shapes the diversity of bird sounds remains a fascinating mystery. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison set out to unravel this enigma. Their study is shedding light on why ...

Birds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a potential mate, ward off predators, or just sing for pleasure. But the conditions that contribute to the immense diversity of the sounds they ...

Researchers conducted a global study of the factors that influence bird sounds, using more than 100,000 audio recordings from around the world. Birds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a ...