At first I suspected they didn’t borrow from any particular bird species, Susan. I thought the electronic “chirp” may have been created out of thin air by engineers using computers. All that’s needed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The wonderful sound of birdsong is one of nature's most purest pleasures. However, some birds have taken it to the extreme. Meet ...

Birds use their calls to communicate, but some species are exceptionally loud, so much that their chirps, squawks, and calls can surprise or even overwhelm us. From colorful tropical parrots to ...

(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) ORNITHOLOGIST, VLADIMIR IVANOVSKY, SAYING: "First, I thought up the theoretical method of attracting birds of prey. For this, you need to know the biology of the birds, so I ...

Maitreya Shah heard the bird’s distinctive chirp in a nearby tree at a botanical garden in the Maryland suburbs. But he’s blind and couldn’t see it. With his arm stretched upward, he held his iPhone ...

Some birds that mimic humans can only say a few words or phrases. For instance, crows in captivity often repeat words like ...

Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with ...

A Black-capped Chickadee, a year-round bird in Milwaukee, perches on a branch at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center. With the sun shining a little more lately, you may have noticed more birds chirping ...

A Weymouth father and daughter turned a backyard project into a growing business inspired by architecture and family time.