Tompkins County in New York State is arguably the best birded county in North America. Cornell University, with its Cornell ...

Is that the tweet of a titmouse? Or the chirp of a chickadee? After you download the app Merlin Bird ID, you can use your smartphone to identify sounds and match them to the birds in trees nearby and ...

A study published in People and Nature finds that both sight and sound influence perception of biodiversity, and participants ...

Don't let its size fool you — the Eurasian Wren has one of the loudest and most vibrant songs in the forest. Listen to its sharp trills echo through the trees in this peaceful spring recording.

A simple name for a beautifully simple song. The chiffchaff’s “chiff-chaff” call marks the sound of spring across Europe. Listen to this clear and rhythmic birdsong echoing through the forest.

For more than a year now, a group of environmental organizations have been dropping biodegradable containers of mosquitoes ...

Adirondack birding experts debate which bird call defines summer. Red-eyed vireo, common loon, and hermit thrush compete for ...

Our brains can spot real biodiversity using sight and sound alone, according to scientists studying how humans perceive nature.

People’s intuitive perception of biodiversity through visual and audio cues is remarkably accurate and aligns closely with scientific measures of biodiversity. This is according to new research ...

People’s intuitive perception of biodiversity through visual and audio cues is remarkably accurate and aligns closely with ...

Seaside sparrows at Cooks Beach have their own “dialect.” Rowan University researchers monitor their songs as a way to track salt marsh health.