Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt created the character’s high-pitched, electronic chattering by combining his own voice and ...

Birds understand many sounds around them, from mates to alarms, and this hidden skill may hint at how human language first ...

We all know that birds imitate sounds. If you weren’t aware of the many species that can do this, you’ll probably at least ...

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.

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 ...

If you were old enough to buy CDs in the ’90s, you may remember listening stations at superstores that featured music by some of nature’s noisiest creatures: birds. These CDs blended classical music ...

Birds are the master vocalists of the animal kingdom. They can make a remarkable variety of sounds. But why is a barred owl more of a baritone, while a cedar waxwing is a soprano? And what influences ...

Earlier this year, I wrote a column intended to appeal to a bird-curious, 8-year-old boy such as I once was: which are the fastest birds? It occurs to me now that there is another way of looking at ...

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