Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A European robin, Erithacus rubecula, sings in a tree in Norfolk, England. Studies have linked the sound of birdsong to reduced ...

Each year on the first Sunday in May, International Dawn Chorus Day invites people to do something very simple: get up before sunrise and listen. Step outside, or just open a window, and the first ...

Recently I wrote about the joy of listening to birds sing, especially Mockingbirds. In response to that story, I received a much appreciated note from an old friend. Comments on this column are always ...

Most people think of spring as the season for listening to birds — with good reason. Spring is when the most birds are singing, performing those nesting season declarations of presence and prowess ...

I love listening to birds singing and surely miss it when they're not telling us what they're thinking and feeling. I've come to believe that listening to birdsong and other sounds of nature had a ...

Lauren Riters shares research on the factors that affect singing behavior in songbirds. Lauren Riters, professor in the department of Integrative Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shares ...