Skidos and Rovio have partnered to launch a suite of educational mini- games that help Kids ages 4-7 explore core emotions, including anger, happiness, sadness, fear, and surprise. The games feature ...

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

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, R2-D2 beeped and booped—and now birds that copy the Star Wars character are giving ...

For decades, scientists have known that only a few groups of birds—songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds—can learn to produce ...

Chickens OK, roosters not so much. Bill 52 tests how far Hawaiʻi County will go to balance peace, food and freedom.

Tucked away in the forested corners of Australia lives a bird so unique that it could put most impressionists to shame. Meet the lyrebird, nature’s master mimic, whose reputation has grown not just ...

With All Hallows Eve rapidly approaching, I thought it was high time to explore the spookier side of birds. Specifically, spooky bird sounds. In my part of town there is a neighborhood famous for ...

The relationship between sounds in words and their meaning is thought to be mostly arbitrary. Some linguists and behavioural ecologists, however, argue that the instinctive vocal responses that humans ...

A Shared Sound Without Contact The team was intrigued by how birds living in places as far apart as Australia, China, and Zambia all produced the same distinctive warning call despite never having any ...

William Feeney receives funding from the Spanish National Research Council. He has previously received funding from the Queensland Government, Hermon Slade Foundation, Seaworld Research and Rescue ...