Rachel Carson’s landmark 1962 environmental science book Silent Spring was an investigation of the environmental harm caused by the use of the synthetic pesticide DDT. The book took its title from the ...

We’ve reached the delightful time of year in Indiana when you can open your windows at night. The cool evening breeze induces a trance-like sleep. Around 6 a.m., as the ambient light replaces the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – Spring is a beautiful time of ...

In another experiment, scientists delayed morning light for zebra finches. When they finally turned the lights on, the birds sang louder and longer than usual. Shorter nights produced weaker ...

In preparing a talk about bird song for the March meeting of Cheyenne Audubon, I focused on about 30 birds that I think have distinct songs, or in some cases, when they aren’t too melodic, bird sounds ...

The silence of winter is being supplanted by the exuberant springtime sounds of birds. Soon the full, noisy symphony called the dawn chorus will begin: Birds will wake up singing with the sunrise and ...

As dawn breaks on a misty Welsh morning, the earliest birds to break into song are likely to include European robins, followed by blackbirds and song thrushes and then a plethora of other species as ...

Would you like to find a fresh and novel experience within the narrow confines of your home and neighborhood? Then get up early on a spring day and listen to the birds’ dawn chorus. Place yourself in ...