Adirondack birding experts debate which bird call defines summer. Red-eyed vireo, common loon, and hermit thrush compete for ...

Birds with “house” built into their names are, not surprisingly, common urban residents. Three such birds found in Minnesota include the house wren, house finch and house sparrow. Here’s a quick bio ...

Many of the UK’s bird species are in serious decline, largely due to habitat destruction and the collapse of food chains ...

Birds are strongly predisposed to learn the song of their own species. Masakazu Konishi, of the California Institute of Technology, raised white-crowned sparrows in soundproof boxes.

A catbird was skulking around the forsythia in my backyard this morning, but she was stealthy enough to keep their nest a ...

Most birds in Teller County head south and to lower elevations during the harsh winter season, but some diehards hang tough through the cold and snow. The song sparrow is one of those hearty ...

The Washington Post analyzed two years of birdwatching lists from across the country to determine which visiting birds were most common in each county and when you might hear them. These are the ...

Many colorful birds could be seen at Frohring Meadows in Chagrin Falls recently as the signs of spring are beginning to appear in Northeast Ohio. A song sparrow looks around while sitting in a tree.

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

One study that looked at song sparrows living in southwest Virginia showed that aggression didn’t impact how much bird parents invested in their offspring.

Outdoors lovers have some extra tricks and tools they use when a unidentified bird's song gets stuck in their head.