Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. When it comes to making records on a prolific and diligent basis, the ...

Standing in a tropical forest at night, you might hear what sounds like a small bird calling from high in the canopy. Listen ...

It might sound like all chirps to you, but birds convey different messages, even across species. Language has long been considered the exclusive provenance of humans. But in the animal kingdom, birds, ...

In some of the, well, less stressful corners of social media, you can hear all kinds of bird calls, people sharing recordings of birds that they took with their phones. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

Countryside living. Getting on a bit. It was only a matter of time before I gave into certain impulses: I’m curious about birdlife. It’s a curiosity that’s at risk of developing into outright ...

Ashley Byler and Yukiko Konishi show how a piano can sound like a cuckoo. Ashley Byler and Yukiko Konishi from Third Street Music School Settlement show how a piano can sound like a cuckoo. Ashley ...

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 ...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI – It had been five days since Tiff Neikart’s specially trained cockatiel escaped from her Ypsilanti home. She’d put out frantic calls for help on social media, and filled out a ...