Photograph of three male zebra finches (Taeniopygia castanotis), whose mating calls were used as part of the study. Credit: Raina Fan. The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers ...

Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves, a new study finds ...

Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with elaborate color patterns ...

The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers, and the euphonious melodies of songbirds all evolved as ...

Do humans share a sense of acoustic beauty with other animals? According to a new study, the answer may be yes. In a global citizen-science ...

A study by the University of Vienna and Anglia Ruskin University challenges this belief. Female birds do sing, and in many species, singing is common. In fact, female song exists in more than half of ...

Google researchers find surprising adaptability with Perch 2.0 ...

Behavior; cross-correlation; detection; Pernambuco Center of Endemism; rainfall; tropical forest In the present study, we investigated (i) how fluctuations in rainfall influence the detection of birds ...

The bush dog (Speothos venaticus) is an elusive species. These small and stocky canines have an extensive range in Central and South America yet are so rarely seen in the wild that most of what we ...

This week, researchers successfully reconstructed videos from the brain activity of mice. According to a new study, female birds are more likely to sing when their extended families help with ...

In early March, birds that have been gone all winter begin appearing at my feeder. One of the earliest of these spring ...