Male green treefrogs attract mates with loud calls, but new research shows parasites can subtly change those signals.

Bird watchers are all aflutter for a rare swan that has swooped up residence in Brooklyn. Borough residents have recently ...

"Instead, lesser prairie-chickens became officially delisted due to multiple court cases filed by industrial oil, big ...

University of Michigan study finds noise harms birds' health in many ways, including their ability to reproduce ...

Countless YouTube videos feature pet birds singing and talking to their owners. Although it may seem like simple mimicry, ...

With three-inch beaks and plumage matching forest floors, woodcock migrate from the Gulf Coast to New Jersey each spring for mating season rituals.

Noise pollution is affecting bird behavior across the globe, disrupting everything from courtship songs to the ability to find food and avoid predators, a large-scale new analysis showed on Wednesday.

New Zealand conservationists have been fighting for years to keep the kakapo, the world’s only flightless parrot, from disappearing, with intensive conservation efforts.

Climate change could be remixing the beat at the pond. A new study from UC Davis researchers, who listened closely to a male frog’s mating call, found that warmer temperatures lead to a faster beat, ...

Ruby-throated hummingbirds fly non-stop across the Gulf of Mexico to reach the best breeding grounds first. The 600-mile journey takes 15-20 hours, and the birds double their body weight to prepare ...

A study from the University of California, Davis, found that temperature affects the sound and quality of male frogs' mating calls. In the colder, early weeks of spring, their songs start off ...

Male Sierran chorus frogs change their breeding calls depending on the temperature, a UC Davis study found. (BenderPhoto, Getty Images) When the time is right, a good love song can make all the ...