Blackbirds always seem to get a bad rap. As the late Rodney Dangerfield was fond of saying, they “get no respect” in the bird world. I for one would argue that the blackbirds are an amazing group of ...

While none of us will communicate with birds as well as singer Bobby Day with his "Rockin' Robin," this project just might get you close. Oona Raisanen is a Finnish programmer who built a ...

Texas is home to more birds in the U.S. than any other state. With more than 600 species to see, there are quite a few that share the same gothic appearance as the blackbird. However, blackbirds ...

I went looking for, well, just about anything. I had no goals in mind, only to be fascinated by something in the natural world. Nature is yet to fail me in that regard. Something was bound to catch my ...

Birds can sing louder at higher frequencies and thereby make themselves heard over traffic noise. Animals have developed a variety of strategies for dealing with increasing noise pollution in their ...