The performance of skilled behaviors requires a balance between consistency and adaptability. Although the neural mechanisms that regulate this balance have been extensively studied at systems and ...

The video opens with her quietly playing the iconic music, and as soon as the first notes hit, Einstein transforms into a ...

In the fall, when leaves are changing colors and cooler weather moves in, if you look up, you will see lots of activity in ...

This fall, Floyd—the longtime editor of Birding magazine, author of eight bird books, and frequent speaker at events ...

Birds understand many sounds around them, from mates to alarms, and this hidden skill may hint at how human language first ...

For decades, scientists have known that only a few groups of birds—songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds—can learn to produce ...

Get the keys to ID a Townsend's solitaire, a solitary, cheery-singing thrush bird with a sweet tooth for juniper berries.

Don't get your American tree sparrows crossed with your house sparrows! Get to know these chatty brown birds this fall.

David Burtka is sober. His husband, Neil Patrick Harris, imbibes. Together, they love to throw parties. This elfin book, “Both Sides of the Glass,” includes easy-to-follow cocktail and mocktail ...

THE BASICS: JoAnn Falletta conducts the Buffalo Philharmonic and soloists in a program titled “Beethoven’s Pastoral” with three nature related works: Debussy’s languid forest-inspired “Prelude to the ...

Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds — one of the natural world’s greatest symphonies — is a joy like no other. It’s not surprising that bird-watching has become an increasingly popular hobby. A ...