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.
When a bird hears this call, it instinctively investigates. During that moment, explained co-author Damián Blasi, a language scientist at Pompeu Fabra University in Spain, the bird begins to associate ...