It's that time of year: despite the still-freezing temperatures and lack of greenery, birds are beginning to think it's spring. And in spring male birds' thoughts turn to finding mates and ...

Not all birds sing, but those that do — some several thousand species — do it a lot. All over the world, as soon as light filters over the horizon, songbirds launch their serenades. They sing to ...

Listen to their eerily beautiful songs. At night, northern mockingbirds (Mimus polyglottos') sound like a full-blown chorus. This medium-sized songbird normally imitates fellow birds—jays, orioles, ...

University of the Free State provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. Three species of the melodic African warbler bird refuse to get up early and sing their customary daybreak songs ...

Source: Kentish Plumber, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. Songbirds seem to enjoy singing. And while a great deal of research has investigated the development and production of ...

Many birds sing during the day, but some prefer the night. Nine species are known for their nocturnal songs. The Northern Mockingbird mimics calls in North America. The Common Nightingale sings ...

When North American ornithologists hear a bird singing, they're likely to assume it's a male. But in many species, the females sing too -- researchers argue that a better understanding of these ...

Birds sing to mark their territories, to attract potential mates, and to broadcast their needs, but what makes this communication system extraordinary is its innate artistry and elevated learning ...

Michelle Hall's research has been funded by the Australia and Pacific Science Foundation, and the Australian Research Council. This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The ...