“I’m… so… tired.” One September morning, you’ll hear those three plaintive, descending notes emerge from the edge of the yard, a new sound in this quiet ...

If you were old enough to buy CDs in the ’90s, you may remember listening stations at superstores that featured music by some of nature’s noisiest creatures: birds. These CDs blended classical music ...

Listener Jonathan Meiburg traveled far to find caracaras and albatrosses. We like to take advantage of the fact that we are an oral medium, and use sounds to bring you snapshots of life. You send us ...

Birds don't just sing for beauty, their voices carry messages, warnings, and even regional dialects that reveal a hidden world of communication. Bird sounds offer insight into how intelligent and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. A bird watching app is suddenly popular ...

Last week, I told you about a mysterious sound in the night that goes sproinnnnggggg! That rather unsettling sound coming from above and outside in the darkness was always a bit unsettling. I had ...

In a study conducted at the University of Helsinki, AI was trained to classify bird sounds with increasing accuracy. The results of the study have been used, among others, in the "Muuttolintujen kevät ...

Birds, although they have larynges, use a different organ to sing. Called a syrinx, it's a uniquely avian feature. Now, a team that brings together physics, biology, computation and engineering finds ...

Videogames aren't as hooked on loon sonics as movies and music are, though once you know what you're listening for, the ...

Birds of all kinds are renowned for their calls, songs, and relentless chirps. Some birds use their calls to communicate with one another, while others use their calls to attract mates. One such ...