American swamp sparrows may have sung the same songs for more than 1,000 years and passed them on through generations by learning, according to new research. American swamp sparrows may have sung the ...

Do you like the songs that your great-great-great-grandparents danced to? Some birds apparently do. In a study published this week, a Duke University researcher and his co-authors showed that American ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Few singers reach their sunset years with the same voice they had in younger days. Singing sparrows are no different. Duke University-led research reveals that elderly swamp sparrows ...

CORAL GABLES, FL (January 09, 2008)--Birdsongs are used extensively as models for animal signaling and human speech, offering a glimpse of how our own communicating abilities developed. A new study by ...

April is known for many happenings. It is the month of warming temperatures that lead to thawing. (With a deep snowpack, this could cause flooding.) But it also is the month when we see many migrant ...