Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Now that the covid omicron lockdown has thrown a wrench into ...

The barking owl is one of the 53 endangered bird species featured on the album. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons In a surprising twist, an album of bird songs winged its way ahead of Grammy-winning ...

Songs of Disappearance is an collection of bird calls from 53 threatened Australian species. And for a brief spell, it was a best-selling album. For most of December, Adele had the top selling album ...

New generations of a critically endangered species of songbird are failing to learn the tunes they need for courtship. It could lead to extinction. A male regent honeyeater in Australia. Researchers ...

Stephen Garnett receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He is affiliated with BirdLife Australia for which he coordinates the threatened species committee. Australia is losing its birds ...

Music stars Adele, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift have been topping the Australian Recording Industry Association’s music charts. No surprise there. But now they’ve been joined by 53 of Australia’s most ...

Traffic noise is disrupting how tiny Australian birds communicate and defend their territories. Human-made sounds are ...

Australia’s critically endangered regent honeyeaters are losing what amounts to their culture—and that could jeopardize their success at landing a mate. Some birds are relatively easy to study. Ross ...

Over time, birds evolved the ability to sing, and with that came a burst of evolutionary change that continues today, with almost 5,000 species of songbirds still on Earth and many more already ...

In birds, singing behaviours play a critical role in mating and territory defence. Although birdsong can signal individual quality and personality, very few studies have explored the relationship ...