Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt created the character’s high-pitched, electronic chattering by combining his own voice and ...

These Canada jays enjoy the view from their perch. They're indifferent about what they are called, but the birds formerly known as gray jays were renamed again last year. Credit: Bob Duchesne It’s the ...

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

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...

Oskar Sala, 91, the German composer and physicist who produced the eerie bird sound effects for Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” died of undisclosed causes Tuesday in Berlin. The bird cries were ...

Birds' voiceboxes are in their chests instead of their throats like mammals and reptiles. Scientists aren't sure how or why birds evolved these unique voiceboxes, but a new study sheds some light on ...