When it comes to copying R2-D2, the best bet seems to be small birds with small brains .

These creatures of contradiction aren’t hawks and aren’t the most active at night, but nighthawks are birds worth knowing ...

PARIS, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Bird flu is spreading rapidly in Europe, with the highest number of countries in at least a decade reporting early outbreaks, raising concerns about a repeat of past crises ...

It’s axiomatic in the commercial theater that two shows always sell: “Fiddler on the Roof” and “The Sound of Music.” Why? Both are beloved works of genius that are generous when it comes to human ...

The Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts came alive Saturday, Oct. 11 with the sounds of the ‘70s band Queen — including the memorable guitar work of Bryan May and voice of Freddie Mercury — ...

The relationship between sounds in words and their meaning is thought to be mostly arbitrary. Some linguists and behavioural ecologists, however, argue that the instinctive vocal responses that humans ...

Found in a western Wisconsin farm field, a sick bald eagle was transported to the Raptor Center’s clinic in St. Paul and admitted Oct. 5. With severe tremors and spasms, the juvenile bird was so ill ...

For the first time, scientists documented direct evidence of a bat preying on a bird at high altitude. By Douglas Main During spring and fall migrations, billions of birds take to the night skies. The ...

When a bird hears this call, it instinctively investigates. During that moment, explained co-author Damián Blasi, a language scientist at Pompeu Fabra University in Spain, the bird begins to associate ...

William Feeney receives funding from the Spanish National Research Council. He has previously received funding from the Queensland Government, Hermon Slade Foundation, Seaworld Research and Rescue ...

For the Climate Forward live event, we gathered recordings of a melting glacier, the Amazon jungle and the underwater Arctic, all soundscapes that are rapidly changing. By Evan Roberts Climate change ...

One of my favorite things about late February is the sound of bird song. It’s a reminder that spring is on the way, and it somehow brightens those late winter mornings even more. Fast forward to this ...