Conversations with friends have an ease that is hard to replicate with someone you have just met—often replies come more ...

Discover the brain science behind how birds learn to sing, from song nuclei to social cues and critical learning windows.

Humans are a noisy species. Think about our amplified music, our cars and trucks, construction equipment, chainsaws, aircraft, wind farms and snowmobiles. There is no doubt that humans alter the ...

In the United States, you’re rarely far from a road. And as you get closer to one, or other bits of human infrastructure, bird populations decline. But are the birds avoiding our cars or the noises ...

It may not be polite to eavesdrop, but sometimes, listening in on others’ conversations can provide valuable information. And in this way, humans are like most other species in the animal world, where ...

Of nine different behavioral or fitness-related responses in 160 bird species examined, noise pollution had negative impacts ...