When a male Anna’s hummingbird pulls out of a courtship dive at roughly 60 miles per hour, the air ripping through his outer ...

Some birds sing to attract a mate. Others dance or display colorful feathers. But in the moonlit forests and shrublands of northern Argentina, one bird courts romance by snapping its wrists together, ...

Finding a mate in the animal kingdom is not easy. It is often a competitive and dramatic process that requires substantial effort. In many species, males go to extraordinary lengths just for a chance ...

Anna's hummingbird flying in the experimental setup, drinking sugar water from a fake flower. Credit: Lentink Lab / Stanford University. Anna's hummingbird flying in the experimental setup, drinking ...

club-winged manakin© "club-winged manakin" by Gary T. Leavens is licensed under BY-SA 4.0. Birds make beautiful chirping songs, but have you ever seen them make music with their wings? That is one of ...

Scientists discovered that scissor-tailed nightjars create strange courtship sounds by snapping the bones in their wings ...

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.

Forget the typical spa soundtracks, like rainstorms and crashing waves. The next time you want to relax, head to Spotify, look up key phrases like “birds in the forest,” and enjoy a cacophony of ...

We become desensitized to the common sounds around us—car alarms, chattering squirrels, the mechanical functions of modern living kicking on and off throughout the day. If you had asked me a week ago ...