It has long been a mystery why songbirds spend so much time and energy on singing. Now a new study shows that songbirds need to sing every day to keep their vocal muscles in shape. Females can hear if ...

Why do songbirds sing so much? Well, a new study suggests they have to to stay in shape. Here's NPR's Ari Daniel. ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: A few years ago, I was out at dawn in South Carolina low country, ...

Sometimes an artist releases a song that rises beyond them and grabs not just you but other artists who each bring the full range of their talents to interpreting this song, often offering up one ...

Male songbirds have a new reason to hit the high notes daily: to woo their potential mates. A groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications uncovered a surprising correlation between male ...

Singers performing a duet, jazz players riffing together effortlessly, paired-up dancers never skipping a step: great performers are so coordinated, they become one. What are the mechanisms that ...

Countless thousands of leaves keep the secrets of birds in a forest. In the woods creeping in on my house from all sides, I have only one weapon to neutralize all that deep shade: sharp hearing I’m ...

'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes' is on digital now, then on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD Feb. 13 Rachel Zegler brought her powerhouse vocals to the set of The Hunger Games: The ...

A new study shows male zebra finches must sing every day to keep their vocal muscles in shape. Females prefer the songs of males that did their daily vocal workout. Why do songbirds sing so much? Well ...

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