As winter approaches, a silence creeps over the natural landscape. Songbirds are mostly quiet now, not to resume their cheery singing until early next spring. Bees have stopped buzzing. Katydids and ...

Late September is the time to listen for the magic sounds that announce autumn. If you are used to listening to birds, recent months may have seemed increasingly quiet and uneventful as spring and ...

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 ...

Researchers conducted a global study of the factors that influence bird sounds, using more than 100,000 audio recordings from around the world. Birds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a ...

Over a decade ago, behavioral ecologist Diane Colombelli-Négrel was wiring superb fairy wrens’ nests to record the birds’ sounds when she noticed something odd. Mother fairy wrens sang while ...