It is not a real surprise that the smallest birds in the world belong to the family Trochilidae, commonly known as hummingbirds. However, even within the hummingbird family, there are large ...

I love spring … the colors, the smell, the sounds of singing birds. After a winter of gray skies, white landscapes and no smells — I just love spring. I am fortunate enough to spend a ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

Finches form one of the largest families of birds in the world and there are lots of examples of these songsters that share a ...

The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new ...

Could a novel approach to genetic studies give us a clearer picture of how evolutionary adaptations occur? That's what the ...

Researchers have discovered that massive beaks and strong bites hinder the velocity of beak movement in songbirds. The ...