“In the spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love,” the saying goes. The same may be said of birds. That’s because spring is when most birds turn to family obligations—they mate, ...

He sounds like a human!

Auggie the Quaker Parrot loves to sing. She's charismatic, has excellent rhythm, is a natural born entertainer — she knows how to please an audience too! That's why the bird tried to oblige when her ...

Some pets pick up words, others learn silly noises, and then there are the rare few who sound like they’re ready to headline a concert. One little Indian Ringneck Parrot has gone viral for singing ...

When birds sleep, what are they dreaming about? Researchers from the University of Buenos Aires have figured out a way to tap into bird dreams. When a bird slumbers, its voice box, called the syrinx, ...

A baby's babbling may sound like nonsense, but it's actually an extended act of trial-and-error learning. As babies produce ...

My apartment has become a noisier place. Interruptions seem to come every hour. In fact, they come exactly every hour. Thanks to my offspring, I now have not one but two clocks on which the hours are ...

Birds are singing almost an hour longer each day: Here's why By Michael Franco August 21, 2025 The researchers know that birds sing longer in light-polluted areas, but aren't sure if that's a positive ...

Though parrots are seen as beautiful, exotic and highly conscious birds, Tweti said many owners are unaware of the amount of time necessary to keep them healthy. According to her research, the vast ...

HONG KONG — Squeezed tightly between two megacities with a combined population of 20 million are some of East Asia’s most important wetlands, where rare birds sing out amid traditional shrimp ponds.

Source: fir0002, via Wikimedia Commons. Traditionally, birdsong has been viewed as a male trait, and this bias has dominated research on the behavior. “For a long time, scientists thought that female ...