They can also copy non-bird sounds like car alarms, human voices, engines, and even R2D2 from Star Wars. Starlings learn to mimic various sounds and even pass them down from one generation to the ...

Parrots, corvids and a variety of other birds aren’t the only animals that can mimic human speech. According to a study published today, an orca, Orcinus orca, has been trained to mimic human ...

Ms Kelley said: "We know that lots of birds are gifted impersonators and copy the sounds of other birds, animals and people. However less is known about why birds do this or how this behaviour has ...

For Erich Jarvis, a neurobiologist at Rockefeller University, the neural pathways he finds particularly interesting inside a bird’s brain are those that enable the bird to make new sounds from ...

After a long, cold and silent winter, hearing the birds is such a relief. Even as […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 41°F. Sunday, March 23rd 2025 Today's Paper.

Usually, birds copy what they hear the most. Birds in rural areas have added the sound of horses whinnying, lawn mowers and even chainsaws to their repertoires.

Taronga Zoo Sydney posted a video of the impressive bird on Twitter on Aug. 30. "Bet you weren't expecting this wake-up call," the zoo tweeted. "You're not hearing things, our resident lyrebird ...

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 ...

A symphony of synapses fires every time a songbird sings. For Erich Jarvis, a neurobiologist at Rockefeller University, the neural pathways he finds particularly interesting inside a birds&#x2019 ...