Waking up to the sound of birdsong is a great way to energize yourself for the day. In fact, one study featured in The Royal Society Publishing scientific journal suggests that hearing the sound of ...

Most people think of spring as the season for listening to birds — with good reason. Spring is when the most birds are singing, performing those nesting season declarations of presence and prowess ...

Each spring, birds across America are in full voice. Cardinals chatter, sparrows sing and warblers warble. Birdsong lifts the human spirit – “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers,” after all. Yet birds ...

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Despite lingering winter weather, lengthening days are triggering early signs of spring in nature. Phenology is the science of how natural cycles, like animal breeding and plant growth, respond to ...

A surge in breeding hormones has birds singing and dancing, trying to woo a mate before nesting season. The American woodcock begins performing its elaborate courtship ritual in mid-February in ...

African yellow warbler (Iduna natalensis) Dominic Sherony/Wikimedia Commons. Three species of the melodic African warbler bird refuse to get up early and sing their customary daybreak songs when the ...