Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Talking parrots are always cool to see and hear, but if they decided to get chatty at 3 in the morning, I might feel differently ...

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, ...

A pay phone in Takoma Park, Maryland, has become locally famous for playing bird songs to anyone who picks up!

When it comes to natural talent, vocal birds are where it's at. As animals, we probably underestimate (and shouldn't) that their intelligence and vocabularies keep evolving in the most impressive ways ...

Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds — one of the natural world’s greatest symphonies — is a joy like no other. It’s not surprising that bird-watching has become an increasingly popular hobby. A ...

What’s in a song? Quite a lot, according to Professor of Biology Heather Williams ’77 of Williams College in Massachusetts. She’s the lead author of a recent high-profile study on the cultural ...