BepiColombo is slowly uncovering more and more fun facts about Mercury as it continues its preliminary mission. One of the ...

Researchers have known for centuries that some fish make sounds. Now, using special underwater acoustics, researchers have ...

Launched by the National Audubon Society in 1900, the international gathering now hosts more than 2,600 “count circles” ...

U researchers connected starling bird's ability to replicate cowbird calls to the vocal learning strategies that humans use to speak.

For this installment of "From the Archives," we answer a reader question about the monk parakeets and grackles in Austin.

The giant false leaf katydid is a large, leaf-mimicking insect native to tropical forests across parts of South and Southeast Asia. Adults rank among the largest known katydids, typically reaching ...

When a bird spots a predator and emits an alarm call, do its neighbors think “predator” and then react? Or do they automatically freeze or fly away because that’s what they’re wired to do?

When Texas A&M University freshman Carmen Reisdorf ’27 walked into her Fundamentals of Ecology class, she expected to learn about ecosystems — not launch a research project connecting hundreds of ...

In Jamaica, almost everyone knows the John Crow — that big, black bird often seen circling in the sky or perched on rooftops. But have you ever wondered how it got its name? The story of the John Crow ...

When zebra finches hear a call from another bird, they don’t just react on instinct. New research shows that these birds actually understand what those calls mean – in the same way that humans ...

A brightly colored bird that rips open wasp nests to find food took a supporting role in "Task," the Delco-set drama airing on HBO. The summer tanager makes his debut in the show's pilot episode, when ...