Rachel Carson’s landmark 1962 environmental science book Silent Spring was an investigation of the environmental harm caused by the use of the synthetic pesticide DDT. The book took its title from the ...

In my yard in Decatur the other morning, an unseen bird in a shrub belted out something that sounded like, “Drink your teeeee!” I knew immediately that it was an Eastern towhee. Then, a loud “cheerily ...

I usually write answers to kids’ science questions early in the morning. I like how it’s so quiet – except for my bird neighbors singing and singing. I asked my friend Jennifer Phillips what’s going ...

Watching birds in your backyard during the spring is a fun pastime. If you can't see them, you can still identify them if you ...

What Colors Are Canaries? In the wild, canaries flaunt a vibrant yellow color with undertones of green and black. In ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. You know that small talk you have with people you don’t know too well, so ...

The songs a bird sings while dreaming have been revealed for the first time. Researchers at the University of Buenos Aires created a way to track the vocal muscle activity of birds as they sleep, and ...

Researchers have some new evidence about what makes birds make so much noise early in the morning, and it's not for some of the reasons they previously thought. For decades, a dominant theory about ...

By the time light appears, birds are primed to move and vocalize. Singing becomes their way of stretching after hours of stillness. Why The Noise Gets So Intense In another experiment, scientists ...

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