Arguably our coolest woodpecker, the yellow-bellied sapsucker has provided plenty of fodder for insults and jokes, ...

Cowbirds are special among songbirds for the "watery" timbre of their singing, which resembles the sound of falling droplets ...

Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public ...

Birds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a potential mate, ward off predators, or just sing for pleasure. But the ...

Previous methods of studying fish sounds often involved divers interfering in the fishes’ habitats, or researchers recording fish in captivity, which frequently meant forcing them to make sounds under ...

A flash of red on the trunk of a tulip poplar just outside my office window in Decatur the other morning was from a yellow-bellied sapsucker — a confirmation that the bird has arrived from up north to ...

Even so, nature resonates with distinct sounds during the cold season. Winter, in fact, is a good time to keep your ears ...

This app has taught me that the key to mindfulness can be found in listening to the world around you. Anna Gragert (she/her/hers) was previously the lifestyle editor at HelloGiggles, deputy editor at ...

LINWOOD, Kan. (KCTV) - The highly contagious bird flu is surging across the Kansas City metro - and wildlife officials warn that it could spread to cats and humans. Operation Wildlife issued an urgent ...