Over 20 years, scientists tracked the transformation of the traditional trill of a common bird from western Canada to Ontario. By Cara Giaimo Even if you’re not a bird person, you probably know the ...

Seaside sparrows at Cooks Beach have their own “dialect.” Rowan University researchers monitor their songs as a way to track salt marsh health. The salt marsh at Cooks Beach hosts many seaside ...

Travel the U.S. and you'll hear English spoken in a multitude of ways. And it turns out the same can go for songbirds—specifically the swamp sparrow. Scientists have now used those swamp sparrow ...

One bird everyone can count on seeing annually is the house sparrow, also called the English sparrow. The bird's name is a misnomer because it doesn't live in houses (although it will nest in boxes if ...

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