Learn how Zebra finches' natural drive to learn their songs makes them masters of their craft — and what we can learn from their process. Spring brings warmer temperatures, fresh greenery, and the ...

A symphony of synapses fires every time a songbird sings. For Erich Jarvis, a neurobiologist at Rockefeller University, the neural pathways he finds particularly interesting inside a bird’s brain are ...

For decades, scientists have known that only a few groups of birds—songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds—can learn to produce new sounds. But a new article in The Quarterly Review of Biology reveals ...

If we want to instill in our children a love of nature and raise a generation that will want to protect and preserve natural places, we need to get them hooked on birds. This is the wisdom behind many ...

Birders and bird guides refer to “our birds,” meaning the birds like Carolina chickadee, tufted titmouse, and northern cardinal that we see in our backyards — birds that “know us” and expect us to ...

HAGERMAN — The National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invite members of the public to learn about birds found in Idaho and their cultural significance throughout history by ...

One of the simplest ways to slow down is to stop, smell the roses and listen to the birds. More and more people are enjoying more than just listening to their melodies, though. The hobby of bird ...