New to birding? Start with the basics. Learn to recognize 15 common backyard birds, and discover ways to attract them to your yard.

Go outside in the early morning, and let your ears detect the birth of spring heralded by bird song, nature's most beautifully composed chorus. All we have to do is listen; the opening harmonies will ...

Wehr Nature Center held its second Blind Birder Birdathon as part of Birdability’s annual global event. “Bird watching” is out, and “birding” is in. The phrase “bird watching” doesn’t cover the full ...

Bird song learning is a model system for studying the general principles of learning, but attempts to draw parallels between learning in birds and mammals have been difficult because of anatomical ...

A symphony of synapses fires every time a songbird sings. For Erich Jarvis, a neurobiologist at Rockefeller University, the neural pathways he finds particularly interesting inside a bird’s brain are ...

Baby Birds Have a Secret Way to Learn Which Sounds Mean Danger Without Ever Leaving the Nest ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. But one thing that Mozart probably never knew about his ...

Juvenile zebra finches that experience high stress levels will ignore how their own parents forage and instead learn such skills from other, unrelated adults. This may help young birds avoid ...