Any parents out there will be familiar with the unique sort of misery that results when your kid has a new favorite song. They ask to hear it over and over, without regard for the rest of us. Well, it ...

What a male song sparrow sings in each moment is dependent on what he sang 30 minutes ago and suggests that the birds don't have a 'bird brain,' but incredible memory and recall capacities. Any good ...

His complex solo of buzzes, trills, and notes can win a young male song sparrow a mate for life. But just learning to sing in the first place reaps him another life partner of sorts. When a young male ...

Any parents out there will be familiar with the misery our kids subject us to when they have a new favorite song. They ask to hear it over and over without regard for the rest of us. TAMARA KEITH, ...

Biologists have found an animal for the first time that communicates with the complexity of human language: song sparrows. According to a new study, male song sparrows memorize a 30-minute long ...

Male Java sparrows may coordinate their bill-clicking sounds with the notes of their song. Birds may communicate using both vocalizations and movement, as for instance occurs during courtship displays ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. A new ...

In early March, birds that have been gone all winter begin appearing at my feeder. One of the earliest of these spring ...

Of all of the birds that I have ever seen skittering about in thickets, song sparrows are among the sneakiest. They are designed for stealth, and they are very good at it. It is simply a byproduct of ...

Territorial song sparrows use increasingly threatening signals to ward off trespassing rivals. First an early warning that matches the intruder's song, then wing waving – a bird's version of "flipping ...