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Attention has increasingly turned to sounds, especially birdsong, and how it affects the body and mind.

Each May, nature lovers get out of bed early to experience the seasonal wonder of birds singing, as the sun rises above the ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

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 ...

What if the most beautiful music was never created by humans? No instruments, no studio, no editing just nature. Somewhere in ...

If you’ve ever heard a bird and wondered what it was, the free Merlin Bird ID app for iPhone offers one of the easiest ways ...

Fortunately, there’s a wonderful free iPhone app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that can solve the great mystery of ...

Most birds only sing one dialect, learned from parents or neighbours, resulting in a geographical mosaic of regional accents.

It's Earth Day — and Mother Nature is back with a new mixtape. Last year, the Museum for the United Nations - UN Live launched Sounds Right, an initiative where artists release songs with nature ...