New research by neuroscientists at the University of Chicago uses the mating songs of birds to show how intrinsic properties of cells are closely tied to the complex processes of learning. The study, ...

Bird song is beautiful and fascinating. I love hearing the first songs of returning lazuli buntings, western tanagers and Bullock’s orioles this time of year. And it’s fun to chase down some mystery ...

Kevin Omland is a professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Evangeline Rose is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Maryland. Karan Odom is a ...

Every morning at about 7 since late February, the cardinal has been singing its “Cheer, cheer, cheer” song in my yard. Now the American robin is singing, “Cheerily, cheerio,” adding to the growing ...

In a new study, wild regent honeyeaters became vocal tutors, teaching their disappearing song to birds in a captive breeding program. By Emily Anthes Regent honeyeaters were once abundant in the ...

A new bird song is spreading like wildfire among Canadian white-throated sparrows, at a scale not seen before by scientists. Birds rarely change their chirpy little tunes, and when they do, it’s ...