Claudio Mello was conducting research in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest about 20 years ago when he heard a curious sound. It was high-pitched and reedy, like a pin scratching metal. A cricket? A tree frog?

It might sound like all chirps to you, but birds convey different messages, even across species. Language has long been considered the exclusive provenance of humans. But in the animal kingdom, birds, ...

Birds understand many sounds around them, from mates to alarms, and this hidden skill may hint at how human language first ...

Birds make some very unique sounds, and the screaming Piha is no exception. The San Diego Zoo shared a video on Wednesday, June 19th of what it sounds like, and you've got to hear it to believe. It's ...

Merlin was on the job at Westwood Hills Nature Center in St. Louis Park one recent day, helping birders identify bird songs. Not Merlin the storied magician, although what was happening could be ...

It’s spring, and nature is pulling me away from my computer as I write this. The sun is shining, the world is warming up, and the birds are chirping away. And that got me thinking: What if a ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

When a 10-year-old in Oklahoma started preparing for his school's talent show, he had no idea how popular his performance would become. Samuel Henderson is really talented. He likes to make bird calls ...