Researchers for the New Scientist documented a decline in the intensity and diversity of birdsong in North America and Europe ...

Waking up to the sound of birdsong is a great way to energize yourself for the day. In fact, one study featured in The Royal Society Publishing scientific journal suggests that hearing the sound of ...

Birds sing the most about an hour before dawn, when the air is at its stillest. Theoretically, this enables sounds to travel ...

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 ...

(THE CONVERSATION) 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,” ...

A surge in breeding hormones has birds singing and dancing, trying to woo a mate before nesting season. The American woodcock begins performing its elaborate courtship ritual in mid-February in ...

Spring in the South does not arrive quietly. It sings. As temperatures warm and days stretch longer, birds across the region grow noticeably more active. In an interview with Margaret Brittingham, a ...