Just like babies in utero who get accustomed to their parents' voices from inside the womb, baby birds hear and absorb their parents' chirping and singing commands while waiting to hatch from eggs, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 21—When Alison Kondler imitates a raven, you'd be forgiven for thinking a real raven just popped on the phone call. Not only ...

Over a decade ago, behavioral ecologist Diane Colombelli-Négrel was wiring superb fairy wrens’ nests to record the birds’ sounds when she noticed something odd. Mother fairy wrens sang while ...

With chatbots like ChatGPT making a splash, machine learning is playing an increasingly prominent role in our lives. For many of us, it’s been a mixed bag. We rejoice when our Spotify For You playlist ...

I don’t normally write about the field trips I lead and the bird programs I give every year. My parents taught us that talking about yourself was impolite. Other bits from the ‘50s — don’t store your ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JEFFERSON PARISH, La. (WGNO) — Jefferson ...

Last month, I wrote about the common names of birds, and the planned changes to some of those names. In the past, I’ve written about the folk names of birds. But there are also the scientific names of ...