Colleen Hoover isn’t happy with how it ended. Hoover, who wrote the bestseller “It Ends With Us,” has addressed the ...

Siberian cats are so gorgeous. They usually grow to weigh between 12 and 15 pounds, so they aren't quite as giant as Maine ...

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

Local community events throughout the North Fork for the Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, print issue of the Riverhead News-Review.

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

The lovable Star Wars droid is helping to shed light on why some bird species are better at mimicking sounds than others ...

We saw four bald eagles, a steady string of red-tailed hawks, and umpteen other raptors – including my “nemesis” bird, a ...

Modern psychedelic artist Jane Weaver will perform the whole of fourth album, The Fallen By Watch Bird, on tour in April ...

Animals survive in changing and unpredictable environments by not merely responding to new circumstances, but also, like ...

Zebra finches are a prominent model system for vocal learning and auditory system function, yet little is known about the functional development of the auditory system. Here, the authors convincingly ...

Study uncovers exactly how to keep seagulls at bay. Both shouting and speaking work, but the birds react differently to each ...

European starlings just beat parrots at their own game – copying complex sounds. In a new study by researchers in Amsterdam ...