Song birds communicate by singing and learn their songs through imitation. Since their discovery in the monkey brain, it has been suggested that mirror neurons mediate the mimicking of behaviour ...
Songbirds sing intricate songs for mate attraction and territorial defense, which they learn early in life. How do young birds learn how to sing? What controls this complex behavior? Aa Aa Aa The ...
But these melodies are not from the songbirds who flit amongst the branches. Instead, they belong to the Alston’s singing mouse, Scotinomys teguina, a tiny creature with a surprising skill.
Whatever the habitat, birds have a way of singing into it. When a bird sings, it can always be heard, even after it has moved out of sight. Sound travels in all directions; it can penetrate ...
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have conducted the first-ever global study of the factors that influence bird sounds, using more than 100,000 audio recordings from around the world.
During this painstaking search, he started to notice birds that were "singing weird songs". He recalled: "They didn't sound anything like a regent honeyeater - they sounded like different species." ...