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But the conditions that contribute to the immense diversity of the sounds they make are not well understood. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have conducted the first-ever global ...

There are two new contenders for the world’s loudest bird – and scientists are not being quiet about it.

A new study has identified two species of Brazilian birds, the bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema, as the ...

Birds are the master vocalists of the animal kingdom. They can make a remarkable variety of sounds. But why is a barred owl more of a baritone, while a cedar waxwing is a soprano? And what influences ...

Some birds sing to attract a mate. Others dance or display colorful feathers. But in the moonlit forests and shrublands of northern Argentina, one bird courts romance by snapping its wrists together, ...

Humans are a noisy species. Think about our amplified music, our cars and trucks, construction equipment, chainsaws, aircraft, wind farms and snowmobiles. There is no doubt that humans alter the ...

A study by HNBGU researchers found Himalayan monals in noisier parts of Uttarakhand use higher-frequency calls, suggesting the birds are adapting to human-generated noise.

Birds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a potential mate, ward off predators, or just sing for pleasure. But the conditions that contribute to the immense diversity of the sounds they make ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The team found that habitat appears to influence the frequency of the sound the bird makes in some unexpected ways. In ecosystems ...