When a bird of prey comes calling, a multi-species wave of alarm goes rippling through the rainforest canopy.
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Many aspects of animals that people find beautiful evolved to be attractive to the animals themselves. A new study hints at a common aspect of perception that dates back hundreds of millions of years.
Listening to bird songs and calls can help identify species and connect with the sounds of nature. An ornithologist provides tips and tricks to bird by ear.
Mountain chickadees follow systematic grammarlike rules to share important information, stringing together syllables like words in a sentence.
A new film adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot’ swaps in an owl for the book’s haunting whip-poor-wills, showing how species loss is also tied into cultural loss.
Urgent action is now needed to protect these vulnerable populations and ensure the night parrot doesn’t become extinct.
Machine learning may not seem to have much connection with wildlife, but it’s starting to play a central role in bird conservation.
From insects to birds to bats to frogs, these little loudmouths have found ingenious ways to deliver their messages at high volume.
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