Birds. Both beautiful creature and apt for metaphor. That's why the animals have over the years been excellent subjects for ...

The pair is so co-ordinated that the whole thing sounds like one song. In some species, an entire group of birds may join in a chorus song to defend the territory. Groups of Australian magpies ...

An album made up entirely of the tweets and squawks of endangered Australian birds has debuted in the top five of the country's Aria music charts. Songs of Disappearance is surpassing the likes of ...

In most bird species, males are better singers because they use their songs to attract females. Females often choose the best singer from the group, so this is an important skill. Birds learn how ...

a member of the Difficult Bird Research Group at the Australian National University in Canberra, is now trying to preserve the birds' song by teaching captive honeyeaters the songs of their wild ...