At first I suspected they didn’t borrow from any particular bird species, Susan. I thought the electronic “chirp” may have been created out of thin air by engineers using computers. All that’s needed ...

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.

I was recently creeping through a clearing of downed trees in a wooded Brooklyn park with my iPhone in hand. Birds were singing everywhere, but through the din, I was recording a peculiar song: It was ...

Birds use their calls to communicate, but some species are exceptionally loud, so much that their chirps, squawks, and calls can surprise or even overwhelm us. From colorful tropical parrots to ...