KELLY Clarkson has thrust an expensive mechanical singing bird into the spotlight after claiming she tried to buy it from a ...

Birds sing the most about an hour before dawn, when the air is at its stillest. Theoretically, this enables sounds to travel farther, making song up to 20 times more effective than if sung at ...

There may be a good reason why birds are most vocal at first light, according to new research. By singing early and often, birds perform better during the day, a new study suggests. “It’s like ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's a massive difference between vocal learning bird species and birds that rely on innate calls. You can teach certain ...

Three species of the melodic African warbler bird refuse to get up early and sing their customary daybreak songs when the weather is cold. This new discovery was made recently by a team of ...

Early birds are starting to sing even earlier because of artificial light pollution—but it’s not clear if they’re actually losing sleep. The study used data from BirdWeather, a research platform ...