When you think of birds imitating sounds, parrots and starlings might come to mind. They're famous for copying human speech, ...

Specialized "PieProof" helmets that protect ears and faces have also become popular during swooping season. Media reports have cited injuries, event cancellations due to swooping-risks and accidents ...

When it comes to copying R2-D2, the best bet seems to be small birds with small brains .

Magpies may have perfected the art of swooping, but they're not the only Australian bird diving on unsuspecting humans this spring. Plovers, noisy miners, and crows are three species of birds common ...

Zebra finches don’t just mimic sounds—they understand them, revealing surprising insights into animal communication and ...

With All Hallows Eve rapidly approaching, I thought it was high time to explore the spookier side of birds. Specifically, ...

Magpies, known for their intelligence but also their tendency to eat eggs from other nests, can deter other birds from visiting gardens. As natural food sources like berries and insects dwindle in ...

A new study investigates why some lost birds that stray far from their normal migratory routes end up thousands of miles off ...

Standing in a northern Everglades marsh in 2015, biologist Corey Callaghan watched as an enormous flock of tree swallows wheeled in the morning sun. As the mass of birds passed overhead, Callaghan and ...

The relationship between sounds in words and their meaning is thought to be mostly arbitrary. Some linguists and behavioural ecologists, however, argue that the instinctive vocal responses that humans ...

The closest year-round populations of Mexican jays are in the Gila, where extreme drought and wildfires have decimated the ...