"Our blue jay has decided she’s actually a cat. Lately, Pluto’s favorite thing to mimic are the feral cats she hears outside ...

SOUND UP: A bird perched in a tree next to a police station in England was heard imitating a police siren on April 8. The Thames Valley Police said the bird’s sound was so accurate, they were tricked ...

When you think of birds imitating sounds, parrots and starlings might come to mind. They’re famous for copying human speech, car alarms, and even ringtone melodies. But what happens when you challenge ...

Birds don't just sing for beauty, their voices carry messages, warnings, and even regional dialects that reveal a hidden world of communication. Bird sounds offer insight into how intelligent and ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

An Australian musk duck has been recorded saying “You bloody fool” in the first documented instance of the species mimicking human speech. A hand-reared male named Ripper was recorded imitating the ...