There are lots of sparrows. Excepting birders, they get little play or press. I was mildly self-disgusted to scroll back through the roster of nearly 400 Dispatch columns I’ve written to date and see ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A western meadowlark sings its mating song Danita Delimont/Gallo Images Roots RF collection via Getty Images Waking up to the dawn ...

We can now listen to songs that a small Argentinian bird thought of in its sleep. Listening to such songs across more species of birds could inform the debate on how birds dream. Physicist Gabriel ...

To mark International Dawn Chorus day we asked wildlife experts to make their case for why their favourite songbird deserves your vote. We hope their words will inspire you to step outside and soak up ...

Birds sing the most about an hour before dawn, when the air is at its stillest. Theoretically, this enables sounds to travel farther, making song up to 20 times more effective than if sung at midday.

From melodic morning choruses to territorial songs that echo through forests and grasslands, birds rely on vocalizations to communicate, attract mates and defend valuable habitat. For songbirds, these ...

Song allows the bird to "speak" better than and other family of creatures. It is the perfect medium for communicating over long distances, or when it is hard to see the singer - and the audience: for ...

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 ...