A Bird’s Brain Holds Clues to the Sounds of Music

The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an ...
Phys.org

New methods make tracking individual bird species during migration possible

Researchers at Cornell Lab of Ornithology, University of Massachusetts and University of Illinois have developed breakthrough methods to track the migration of individual bird species by combining ...
Phys.org

Using AI to learn a bird's individual song

Darin McNeil, Ph.D., an assistant professor of wildlife management in the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, is partnering with the University of ...

Merlin Bird ID app is now eyeing a global database of our vanishing feathery friends

Merlin Bird ID will soon feed AI-powered bird identifications into Cornell's eBird platform, helping researchers monitor bird ...
Tech Xplore

Robotic bird helps uncover the mysteries of flight turbulence

A bio-inspired robotic bird capable of mimicking the key movements of kestrels is helping researchers unravel the mysteries ...
Christian Science Monitor

‘The Book of Birds’ illustrates a world of wonder

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
The Conversation

Bird flu is here. Can we stop the spread?

On a remote beach near Esperance, Western Australia, two sick seabirds have brought the bird flu crisis to Australia. Testing has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in a brown ...
AOL

Firefighters ‘rescue’ bird in Potomac using birdseed

POTOMAC, Md. (DC News Now) — Firefighters lured a lost bird with some birdseed in the hopes that it would be reunited with its owner soon. A caller in Potomac reported seeing a "unique bird" in a tree ...

An update to Merlin Bird ID app will turn millions of birdwatchers like me into citizen scientists

Our birdsong recordings will be used to help monitor bird populations ...
AOL

7 Birds That Don't Use Birdhouses—And Why

Many of our favorite songbirds use birdhouses for nesting and staying warm in winter. Birdhouses provide a suitable place for birds to raise young when the habitat doesn't—which is often the case in ...
OPB

Biologists use cutting-edge tech to help save Oregon’s threatened species

Oregon Department of Forestry biologists have traditionally used “callback” surveys to count threatened species. But foresters are now turning to sound recorders and AI. Oregon Forestry Department ...
Daily Express

Birds will keep coming back to your garden in nesting season if you put out 2 foods

13:56, Tue, Jun 9, 2026 Updated: 14:05, Tue, Jun 9, 2026 Summer is a wonderful time to spot an array of wildlife and birds in the garden, with nesting season now in full swing. However, with insect ...