Great tit chicks, for example, stop begging in response to a parent’s alarm call. And a study of blackcaps found that under very high predation pressure chicks completely refrain from chirping until ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — It’s a cold, foggy February morning, and Bev LaBelle is on the hunt for hummingbirds. Walking along a trail in Southeast Portland’s Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge, she pauses as a ...

On the 1st, filled with the scent of spring, this newspaper’s Social Affairs reporting team visited the new walking path on ...

University of Michigan study finds noise harms birds' health in many ways, including their ability to reproduce ...

Soundscape artist Glenn Weyant hears helicopters; Green Mountain expats team up for a homecoming show; and Brattleboro metal ...

Chris Morgan goes for a walk with naturalist Libby Mills in her backyard where she helps us slow down, listen deeply, and try to better understand what’s going on in a bird’s world.

If you want to keep birds flocking to your yard, you may want to consider installing a bird pond. But first, work out if it is suitable for you.

New Zealand conservationists have been fighting for years to keep the kakapo, the world’s only flightless parrot, from disappearing, with intensive conservation efforts.

The tallest animals on Earth are surprisingly some of the quietest. While elephants trumpet, lions roar, and even the tiniest birds chirp incessantly, giraffes maintain an almost mythical silence as ...

Our culture was shaped by the sounds of nature. What could we learn if we listened again? The sounds of nature give us clues to our ancient origins and to our current ecological challenges. We go ...

Our feline companions are sensitive creatures, particularly when it comes to sounds. Their acute hearing can detect frequencies up to 64,000 Hz—far beyond human capabilities—making them responsive to ...