Parrots are able to utilize a vocal organ called the syrinx that is within the bird's breast. It's a muscular organ that's wishbone-shaped, and it sits at the base of the trachea where it meets the ...

Our typical 'talking bird' videos feature these colorful adorable menaces spouting off swear words or back talking or maybe ...

This Amazon Parrot proudly tells everyone what kind of bird she is, then hilariously sings the "Batman" theme.

When you’re birding by ear, you use the same skills as when you’re recognizing music; listening to sounds, patterns, changes ...

poets and musicians, from Chaucer to Wordsworth, from Handel to Respighi. Birdsong can be a natural phenomenon of intense beauty. But our enjoyment is incidental to the main purpose, which is one bird ...

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Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds—one of the natural world's greatest symphonies—is a joy like no other. It is not ...

It’s been hot for a week, made worse by thick humid conditions. Smart money says stay in the house. But playing it smart means no hope to see good things in nature. Indoors offers nothing. Outdoors, ...

WHY do birds sing? Has their music a meaning, or is it all a thing of blind impulse ? Some bright morning in March, as you go out-of-doors, you are greeted by the notes of the first robin. Perched in ...