Forrest, a Eurasian eagle owl, has been at the Point Defiance Zoo for about two decades. Keepers estimate he could live to be 60.
A baby's babbling may sound like nonsense, but it's actually an extended act of trial-and-error learning. As babies produce ...
Eventually, farmers could use the birds’ sounds to monitor them and adjust conditions to improve their quality of life.
The Upsweep is an unidentified sound detected by the NOAA, first recorded in August 1991. Almost siren-like, the Upsweep is ...
If you keep a list of birds seen in a calendar year, it’s a happy challenge to look at the blank slate that Jan. 1 brings.
But the gangly pink bird must unseat the mockingbird, which has been Florida’s official bird for 99 years, to gain the ...
Avoid Mexico’s overcrowded tourist spots for something fresh and exciting, says Suzanne Bearne – as she explores Mérida’s lively communities, exquisite food and vibrant streets ...
On the announcement of a UK contract for a massive wind farm in the outer Firth of Forth, Herald columnist Rosemary Goring asks if its ...
In a study conducted at the University of Helsinki, AI was trained to classify bird sounds with increasing accuracy. The results of the study have been used, among others, in the "Muuttolintujen kevät ...
Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public ...
On Costa Rica’s coast, jaguars are doing more than hunting. They’re helping sea turtles survive. As researcher Carolina Perez tracks nests with makeshift tools, she uncovers an unlikely balance ...