On their outing last Friday with 2025 Shorebird Festival keynote speaker and “Wildlife DJ” Ben Mirin, attendees of his wildlife sound recording session did more than look for birds about Homer — they ...

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.

Scientists brought to life the silent, sleeping songs of two great kiskadees. Andrej Chudý via Flickr under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED While birds are fast asleep, their brains remain active, firing off ...