Bright flags in the breeze. — haiku by Harry Morgan, Pleasanton Dear Gary: I am an avid listener to the many sounds surrounding our rural home in the Altamont hills. One recent morning while listening ...

Although the Northern Mockingbird seems to have the most recognized reputation as a sound mimic among the songbirds, there are other songbirds (not parrots) with more expansive repertoires and several ...

A beautiful viral video depicted the harmonious flight of hundreds of birds, leaving viewers claiming there to be no explanation behind it. One bird expert told Newsweek that it's only half true. The ...

A mesmerising starling murmuration was captured on film swooping over the sea at Cleethorpes. The spectacle was recorded on Wednesday at sunrise by 59-year-old Bruce Martin. "I would've taken much ...

Black birds. Good or bad? Depending on which black bird species, your answer could be yes or no … or something in between. First of all, we have to get the nomenclature straightened out so we can make ...

At least some birds can learn a pattern once proposed as unique to the grammars of human languages, say researchers. Starlings trained in a lab have learned to distinguish between sounds strung ...

Some of the experiments «don’t make sense, but they are quite logical. Birds are good at memorizing complex sounds, so you can «record» data on them, and you will get a kind of «flash drive» YouTuber ...

Great efforts have been made to curtail the introduction of exotic species into the wild. One reason is because some become too successful, threatening the well-being of native species. Many plants ...

If you find your bird feeders being ravaged by a scourge of starlings this winter (like ours have been) and you’re looking for someone to blame, look no further than that most famous of all ...