Bird song is a form of advertisement, sending two messages to other birds of the same species. One message is a form of ...

Bird songs are awesome. You probably don't pay them much mind, but the songs of birds are known to be soothing to humans, regardless of the setting. Bird songs can reduce stress and improve your mood, ...

New research by neuroscientists at the University of Chicago uses the mating songs of birds to show how intrinsic properties of cells are closely tied to the complex processes of learning. The study, ...

A new study has confirmed the belief that birdsongs evolve as a result of age, population dynamics and movement of the birds. Researchers gathered thousands of hours of audio of great tits (Parus ...

Song allows the bird to "speak" better than and other family of creatures. It is the perfect medium for communicating over long distances, or when it is hard to see the singer - and the audience: for ...

Song thrush Championed by Cannelle Tassin de Montaigu, Research Fellow in Ecology and Evolution, University of Sussex When ...

Most birds only sing one dialect, learned from parents or neighbours, resulting in a geographical mosaic of regional accents.