The study of birdsong exemplifies a neuroethological approach to understanding brain function, in which a detailed knowledge of naturally occurring behaviours can inform and guide the search for ...

The reorganization of neural activity during sleep helps young songbirds to develop the vocal skills they display while awake, University of Chicago researchers have found. Sleep is well known to have ...

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 ...

Babies are constantly surrounded by human language, always listening and processing. Eventually, they put sounds together to produce a “Daddy” or a “Mama.” But what is still elusive to neuroscientists ...

Birds can serve as a gateway to inspire a lifelong love for the natural world in children and adults. Since the Lowcountry home to many different species, this is a great place to go birding as a ...

Every Thursday at 4 p.m., bird moms around the world flock to a Florida woman’s online class they say has changed their lives ...

With chatbots like ChatGPT making a splash, machine learning is playing an increasingly prominent role in our lives. For many of us, it’s been a mixed bag. We rejoice when our Spotify For You playlist ...

The 126th annual Christmas Bird Counts got underway on Dec. 14, with teams of birders attempting to count all the birds ...

Last month, I wrote about the common names of birds, and the planned changes to some of those names. In the past, I’ve written about the folk names of birds. But there are also the scientific names of ...