All air-breathing vertebrates have a larynx—a structure of muscles and folds that protects the trachea and, in many animals, vibrates and modulates to produce a stunning array of sounds. But birds, ...

Scientists listened to birds from around the world. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 10, 2025 1:33 PM EST Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

The BirdNET app, a free machine-learning powered tool that can identify over 3,000 birds by sound alone, generates reliable scientific data and makes it easier for people to contribute citizen-science ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

Volunteers have found new pairs of powerful owls in South Australia's south-east, where the species is rarely seen. The owls' calls were recorded as part of an acoustic monitoring project across the ...

Police officers in the United Kingdom thought that something was wrong with their cars when they kept hearing a strange noise that sounded convincingly similar to their sirens, video shows. Cops from ...

The mountains, lakes, deep woods and rugged coastlines of Maine's Acadia National Park are home to more than 300 species of birds. Volunteers are making recordings to document the avian soundscape, ...

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