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

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, ...

Most of us have heard the phrase "it takes a village" when it comes to childcare. This age-old saying holds true for some ...

As fall migration winds down, there are many ways to track where birds are going for the winter. One of the newer methods being used in Wisconsin is called the Motus Wildlife Tracking System. It’s an ...

When it comes to the smartest bird, we humans still have a lot to learn. Bird intelligence comes in many forms, and scientists are finding that many species exhibit intelligence similar to that of ...

Amanda Tokuyama (left), the GIS & Field Data Manager for the Urban Ecology Center, shows the young campers where the band will go on the Gray catbird's leg, while Brittany Peters (right), community ...

Language learning becomes more challenging for people as we age. Children learn languages easily, but this facility begins to decline when we reach our twenties and beyond. Why? To better understand ...

Siblings are special. Be they protector or tormentor, friend or foe, the relationship between siblings is like no other. They witness each other’s childhoods — sharing parents, history, secrets and ...