Rachel Carson’s landmark 1962 environmental science book Silent Spring was an investigation of the environmental harm caused by the use of the synthetic pesticide DDT. The book took its title from the ...

I usually write answers to kids’ science questions early in the morning. I like how it’s so quiet – except for my bird neighbors singing and singing. I asked my friend Jennifer Phillips what’s going ...

They just can't wait to burst out in song. Birds sing loudly in the morning because dawn cues their bodies to start communicating after a silent night. New research shows birds wake up ready to sing, ...

Researchers have some new evidence about what makes birds make so much noise early in the morning, and it's not for some of the reasons they previously thought. For decades, a dominant theory about ...

By the time light appears, birds are primed to move and vocalize. Singing becomes their way of stretching after hours of stillness. Why The Noise Gets So Intense In another experiment, scientists ...

Bird songs have inspired poets, motivated songwriters, challenged ornithologists, bewildered birders and made our daily lives richer. I think the last one is by far the most important. Whether I’m ...

A lot of birds are shifting their range in response to warmer temperatures. That means bird watchers are seeing new species in their yards. As winter loosens its cold grip on New England, morning bird ...

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C.A. Johns noted that “it continues its song until a late period of the season, long after that of the nightingale has ...