These unearthly whale songs helped save humpbacks from extinction

Once at risk of being wiped out, humpback whales charted a remarkable comeback thanks to their songs. In 1979, National ...

The sound of this one specific bird from Age of Empires keeps haunting me through pop songs, movies, and across other games

Videogames aren't as hooked on loon sonics as movies and music are, though once you know what you're listening for, the ...
/Film on MSN

Star Trek's tribbles got their noise from a very unlikely animal

Tribbles aren't known for making the most soothing noise in the Star Trek franchise, but the sound itself comes from a very ...

Minnesota’s birding mecca expands reach with new tech

A device installed at Sax-Zim Bog delivers bird songs to followers in real time. Others to come will aid conservation efforts ...
Discover Wildlife

Can birds understand each other? Just how do they team up to fight predators?

Birds speak different languages – but when danger strikes, some learn to listen, decoding unfamiliar calls through the voices ...
IEEE

FCLS: A lightweight model based on sound feature fusion for bird classification

Abstract: By automatically detecting and classifying bird sounds, relevant researchers can learn ecological information about bird distribution, migration patterns, and habitat preferences. This paper ...
Publishers Weekly

Hooray for Birds!

Maisy creator Cousins uses her signature brand of punchy, thickly outlined gouache paintings to introduce an active menagerie of birds. “Can you imagine.../ just for one day.../ you’re a busy bird?/ ...