Do you have a favorite birdsong? Other people might share the same one. Certain acoustic features of their tweets strike a ...

The blackbird topped the pleasantness table and barn owls' sounds are considered the least pleasant, according to a new scientific study.

Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with elaborate color patterns – from the iridescent plumage of many hummingbirds to ...

Why does one bird sound beautiful while another sounds harsh? A new study takes a closer look at the acoustic qualities that ...

For centuries, poets have been fixated on birdsong. They called it nature’s closest approximation to music. John Keats was obsessed with the nightingale’s ‘full-throated ease’, while Percy Bysshe ...

Forget the typical spa soundtracks, like rainstorms and crashing waves. The next time you want to relax, head to Spotify, look up key phrases like “birds in the forest,” and enjoy a cacophony of ...

Birds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a potential mate, ward off predators, or just sing for pleasure. But the conditions that contribute to the immense diversity of the sounds they make ...