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.

The song of the Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, a bird native to Hawaii, is a delicate, flute-like melody. If you listen closely, you can hear a short succession of chirps gliding playfully from lower to higher tones.

It's Earth Day — and Mother Nature is back with a new mixtape. Last year, the Museum for the United Nations - UN Live launched Sounds Right, an initiative where artists release songs with nature ...

Scientists have reproduced many of the characteristics of real bird song with a simple physical model made of a rubber tube. For centuries, hunters have imitated their avian prey by whistling through ...

Relax and enjoy the peaceful beauty of nature in cinematic 4K UHD. This scene captures a gentle bird resting on a forest ...

A contestant identified as Mr Oystercatcher imitates the local bird. (Corinne Smith/KBBI) Five-year-old Cassidy Allmendinger confidently walks to the mic on a makeshift-outdoor stage. She’s the first ...

Man’s fascination with birds and the sounds they make dates back centuries, captivating poets and scientists alike. In Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, the character, Siegfreid, slays a ...

We have received several messages lately with pictures of this beautiful bird, asking for assistance with identification. The pictures invariably show a Northern flicker on the ground, not the ...