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.

This would be an outstanding clue in a future Jeopardy episode under the category of Birds: they look like hawks and act like vultures, but they are actually falcons. Answer: What is the crested ...

Discover 7 amazing birds that can talk like humans, from African Greys to Hill Mynas. Learn how these intelligent species ...

A strange mathematical rule organizes the words of all human languages. A recent study reveals that birds also seem to follow ...

Have you heard sounds like the rustling of leaves or cracking of branches outside your windows lately? It’s probably not a mythical Fresno Nightcrawler, but wild animals can certainly be making noise ...

The red-capped manakin dances to attract a mate. Males gather in a lek and show off. They moonwalk, flick wings, and strike ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — From tree canopy or above, there are thousands of different birds flying around, each sporting their own unique call. Then again, it could be Samuel Henderson, who knows a lot ...

The Attwater's prairie-chicken, a critically endangered bird resembling a rabbit, faces habitat loss and population decline in Texas and Louisiana. Once numbering over a million, only a few hundred ...