A European robin, Erithacus rubecula, sings in a tree in Norfolk, England. Studies have linked the sound of birdsong to reduced levels of depression and anxiety. Photograph By David Tipling, Nature ...

Listening to birdsong can help to reduce anxiety and paranoia in healthy participants, a study has found. A German team of researchers investigated the effect of urban traffic noise versus natural ...

When you’re birding by ear, you use the same skills as when you’re recognizing music; listening to sounds, patterns, changes in pitch, in tone and in volume, but in nature rather than in music. You ...

Listening to bird songs and calls can help identify species and connect with the sounds of nature. An ornithologist provides ...

The sound of birds singing is synonymous with spring. As delightful as the tweets and chirps may be, these songs are actually tied to the birds’ survival — and a combination of day length, sunlight ...

Most people think of spring as the season for listening to birds — with good reason. Spring is when the most birds are singing, performing those nesting season declarations of presence and prowess ...

Recently I wrote about the joy of listening to birds sing, especially Mockingbirds. In response to that story, I received a much appreciated note from an old friend. Comments on this column are always ...

(Credit: Hayk_Shalunts/shutterstock) Zebra finch males sing just one song their entire lives. It's a tune to woo females and keep away other males. Now scientists ...

There have been apps around for a long time that listen to a snippet of a song playing on the radio and tell you who sings it and what the song is called. Something similar has now debuted called the ...

Over the course of any given year, more than 200 bird species live just west of Manhattan's spires in the Hackensack Meadowlands. Scientists have known that for a while, with the Meadowlands serving ...