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Birds Make an Alarm Call That Spans Species and Continents—and May Offer Insight Into the Evolution of Human Language
More than 20 species make a nearly identical noise to warn nearby birds of brood parasites, a behavior that bridges the ...
Mount Tahoma’s Keshawn Hines (22) is celebrated by Mount Tahoma’s Andrew Savaiinaea (52) in the end zone during a game ...
Scientists using new ways to eavesdrop on fish have captured a cacophony of thumps, honks, burps and grunts in underwater ...
Birds worldwide share a unique alarm call to warn each other about brood parasites like cuckoos. This vocalization, a blend ...
When you’re birding by ear, you use the same skills as when you’re recognizing music; listening to sounds, patterns, changes ...
After nearly 25 years of research, the mystery has finally been solved: Europe's largest bat doesn't just eat small birds—it ...
Researchers from FishEye Collaborative, a conservation-technology nonprofit, Cornell University, and Aalto University have developed a new tool that combines underwater sound recording and 360° video ...
The fall season is full of cozy sweaters, colourful leaves, and pumpkin spice everything — but nature has its own way of ...
As the temperatures start to drop in the fall, life for birds can get harder. Help support them and encourage visits with ...
Most will travel to the Southern U.S., while some long-distance migratory birds leave the United States entirely to winter in ...
Listening requires full attention and limiting distractions. It means using your ears to pick up different patterns in the sounds that birds make. Every person has the capacity to listen and learn ...
Tufted puffins are endangered in Washington state, and researchers hope to boost their sagging population there, currently ...
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