I was out back early this morning, drinking coffee and recording the morning chorus of bird songs with Merlin, the Cornell Lab birding App. There is a feature in Merlin called Sound ID that listens to ...

Researchers in Canada have been tracking the songs sung by White-throated Sparrows and found that their dominate tune has shifted over time in a surprising way. Since the ’60s, their most popular song ...

I had never heard the term before, but knew exactly what she meant: small sparrows and sparrow-like birds all brown and stripey, quick to fly, skulk or just sit shyly just out of sight. Eventually one ...