The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an ...

Everyone tuning into The Masters is accustomed to hearing the sounds of the crowd, Jim Nantz and all the familiar noises of both the CBS and ESPN broadcasts throughout the week at Augusta National ...

Birds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a potential mate, ward off predators, or just sing for pleasure. But the conditions that contribute to the immense diversity of the sounds they make ...

A pair of UWindsor grad students are using AI software with 100 acoustic box recorders placed across country to identify and ...

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If you were old enough to buy CDs in the ’90s, you may remember listening stations at superstores that featured music by some of nature’s noisiest creatures: birds. These CDs blended classical music ...

Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with elaborate color patterns—from the iridescent plumage of many hummingbirds to the ...

It’s once again time for the Masters, and that can only mean one thing: It’s time to investigate the mystery of Augusta National Golf Club’s bird song controversy. Not familiar with this case of ...

I’m not a bird watcher, but I’ve become a bird listener ever since downloading a bionic ear app to my phone. It lets me enter a different world, one where I’m surrounded not just by chirping but by ...

Few things, if any, are more peaceful to watch than a round of golf at Augusta National – specifically, The Masters on CBS. The broadcast is always picturesque, with the golf course as green as can be ...