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.

Tuning into the Masters, viewers not only see a lot but they hear a lot, as well. One common sound is the chirping of the birds at Augusta National. But are those birds real? CBS golf analyst Mark ...

“I’m… so… tired.” One September morning, you’ll hear those three plaintive, descending notes emerge from the edge of the yard, a new sound in this quiet ...

In a study conducted at the University of Helsinki, AI was trained to classify bird sounds with increasing accuracy. The results of the study have been used, among others, in the "Muuttolintujen kevät ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A bird watching app is suddenly popular ...

If you were old enough to buy CDs in the ’90s, you may remember listening stations at superstores that featured music by some of nature’s noisiest creatures: birds. These CDs blended classical music ...

Watching birds in your backyard during the spring is a fun pastime. If you can't see them, you can still identify them if you know their songs.

Listener Jonathan Meiburg traveled far to find caracaras and albatrosses. We like to take advantage of the fact that we are an oral medium, and use sounds to bring you snapshots of life. You send us ...

Everyone tuning into The Masters is accustomed to hearing the sounds of the crowd, Jim Nantz and all the familiar noises of both the CBS and ESPN broadcasts throughout the week at Augusta National ...

Birds of all kinds are renowned for their calls, songs, and relentless chirps. Some birds use their calls to communicate with one another, while others use their calls to attract mates. One such ...