Of nine different behavioral or fitness-related responses in 160 bird species examined, noise pollution had negative impacts ...

To assess the state of our creepier, crawlier neighbors, Figueroa and her graduate student, Wes Walsh, the paper’s lead ...

Not all pet birds have the physical or cognitive ability to learn songs, and understanding the difference can help owners set ...

Noise pollution is affecting bird behavior across the globe, disrupting everything from courtship songs to the ability to find food and avoid predators, a large-scale new analysis showed on Wednesday.

If we have unusually warm temperatures this spring, turkey hunting can throw us a curveball and we need to be ready for it, writes Oak Duke.

The ability to make two distinct sounds at once is shared with human beat boxers and throat singers. The horse whinny, or neigh, has been a familiar sound at least since the animal was domesticated, ...

A growing body of research suggests that the surge of midlife adults taking up bird watching isn't a lifestyle trend — it's a neurological response to decades of attentional depletion, and the ...

C utting about the tropical wetlands of South America is a bizarre bird that’s a “unicorn” amongst its peers in more than one sense of the word. Like the mythical creature, it has a “horn” on its head ...

A 33-year-old project manager started bird photography on his therapist's advice. Six months later, his blood pressure dropped 18 points and his memory scores improved — not because of the birds, but ...

Researchers say seven seal pups have tested positive for an avian flu virus at California’s Año Nuevo State Park and several more are showing signs of the ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or fewer and are subject to editing for grammar and clarity. Publication is at ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders, according to a court filing on ...