Birds living in noisy cities change their songs, but they do not all adapt in the same way scientists once believed.

Every morning, before your alarm goes off and before the kettle boils, a robin somewhere outside has already been singing for ...

Depending on your teenage years, the mere mention of superlatives could either bring back fond memories or resurrect deeply ...

Fourteen-year-old environmental activist Romario Valentine is on a mission to protect South Africa’s seabirds, having already ...

Some birds sing to attract a mate. Others dance or display colorful feathers. But in the moonlit forests and shrublands of ...

In northern Argentina, one bird courts romance by snapping its wrists together, producing a sound scientists have puzzled ...

Right now, we are “in the moment!” Yes, it’s May – one of the most wonderful times of the year! I don’t know where to begin ...

Get to know the quirky names of Minnesota's birds and how they add humor to your outdoor adventures as warmer weather arrives ...

Every morning, before most of us have even thought about hitting snooze, a concert is already in full swing just outside our windows. Birds are singing. Loudly, persistently, and with a kind of ...

When Rachel Carson wrote the environmental classic "Silent Spring" in 1962, she warned that unchecked human impacts might create a silent future. Forty years later, biologists uncovered a striking ...

Each spring, birds across America are in full voice. Cardinals chatter, sparrows sing and warblers warble. Birdsong lifts the human spirit – “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers,” after all. Yet birds ...

In the early 2000s, one bird made up a new tune and it went viral across North America. I have an unscientific theory why. Heather Hopp-Bruce is director of visual strategy for Globe Opinion. A ...