Charles Darwin suggested in 1871 that spoken language originated with instinctive sounds, like squeals or yells, which humans then learned to...

Key takeaways: How creatures respond to our clatter As human noise increases around the world, some animals copy our sounds, while others flee...

Birds have shown the remarkable ability to mimic a wide variety of sounds, from swear words to chainsaws. In more recent years, bird owners have...

On particularly anxious nights, you might find yourself dreaming about getting chased by a fearsome dinosaur. The creature closing in on you...

Early birds were nesting in the cold landscape of the Arctic during the age of the dinosaurs, according to a new study published in Science last...

Monk parakeets are highly social birds. These bright green parrots live together in large groups, building sprawling, multifamily stick nests...

Bearded vultures are unusual birds. Their diet consists primarily of bones, which they sometimes drop from great heights to break into smaller,...

Evolution has a fondness for big birds. During the past 66 million years, repeated on different continents and islands all over the world, avian...

Ecological biologist Gao Chen was out collecting seeds in China in 2019 when he stumbled upon a vine that appeared to be loaded with luscious...

Less than a century ago, huge flocks of regent honeyeaters flitted all over southeastern Australia. Today, they’re one of the country’s most...