Countless YouTube videos feature pet birds singing and talking to their owners. Although it may seem like simple mimicry, ...

I was in early adolescence when I saw Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 film “The Birds.” Critics were mixed in their reception. I wasn’t. It terrified me. Before I watched the film, I’d thought of birds as ...

Scientists have found a trigger for social learning in wild animals. An experiment on great tits has pinpointed a single factor --immigration -- that can cause birds to pay close attention to others, ...