The pressures of sexual selection have made peacocks gorgeous, wood thrushes sonorous and birds of paradise great dancers. At first glance, the white bellbird doesn’t appear to have benefited ...

Make some noise for the white bellbirds of the Brazilian Amazon, now the bird species with the loudest known mating call. The team measured sound intensity from three pihas and eight bellbirds. Each ...

The language of love is nothing if not subtle and complex. To woo potential mates, some species will whisper sweet nothings, sing a soft serenade, or even grunt a gentle come-hither call. But male ...

Researchers say they've recorded the loudest bird call in the world, and the tiny birds use their booming voices to attract potential partners. The white bellbird, living high up in the trees of the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Many bird species are the expert wooers of ...

Some birds make beautiful chirps and tweets. Some sing sweetly. Some sound like they’re laughing, and some are talented enough that they can mimic other birds and even human speech. But the white ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

Listening to the sounds of nature is known to make people feel more relaxed, helping reduce stress and anxiety as well as improving mood and productivity. But the calls of some animals are not so ...

A tiny water-dwelling insect has the loudest song for its size in the world, researchers find — a mating call it probably makes with its genitals. Discovering how such a little insect makes such a big ...