I usually write answers to kids’ science questions early in the morning. I like how it’s so quiet – except for my bird neighbors singing and singing. I asked my friend Jennifer Phillips what’s going ...

In my yard in Decatur the other morning, an unseen bird in a shrub belted out something that sounded like, “Drink your teeeee!” I knew immediately that it was an Eastern towhee. Then, a loud “cheerily ...

By the time light appears, birds are primed to move and vocalize. Singing becomes their way of stretching after hours of stillness. Why The Noise Gets So Intense In another experiment, scientists ...

Researchers have some new evidence about what makes birds make so much noise early in the morning, and it's not for some of the reasons they previously thought. For decades, a dominant theory about ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. You know that small talk you have with people you don’t know too well, so ...

When you open a window at midday and hear birds singing, it can feel like a small gift. In many cases, it is also a clue about what your local environment is doing right, because birds usually invest ...

Each year on the first Sunday in May, International Dawn Chorus Day invites people to do something very simple: get up before sunrise and listen. Step outside, or just open a window, and the first ...

Lauren Riters shares research on the factors that affect singing behavior in songbirds. Lauren Riters, professor in the department of Integrative Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shares ...