Birds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a potential mate, ward off predators, or just sing for pleasure. But the conditions that contribute to the immense diversity of the sounds they make ...

A global study by UW–Madison researchers reveals how habitat, geography, body size, and beak shape influence bird sounds.

The overwhelming majority of chicken recipes I see call for a 3½- to 4-pound chicken. But when I go to the grocery store, it’s rare to see a bird under 5 pounds. Recently, every whole chicken I came ...

Here, the team found that birds tend to create sounds at a higher frequency so that the water does not drown out their sounds. Additionally, bird species that live at the same latitudes make ...

Birds, known for their epic journeys of up to 60,000 miles in search of food and warmer weather, may also engage in ...

The researchers found that solitary migrating songbirds seem to cooperate across species and possibly share information with ...

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is expanding its collection efforts of wild bird carcasses amid the highly ...

This month the California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency after epidemiologists confirmed the spread of bird flu in 34 people. Louisiana also reported one serious case, causing the ...

Birdwatchers and hunters flock to southeast Arizona each winter to witness the feathery phenomenon while it lasts.