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 ...

The call of the male white bellbird (Procnias albus) is the loudest bird call recorded in the world. The bellbird’s call can reach 125 decibels, almost as loud as a very loud rock concert, and more ...

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 ...

Oct. 23 (UPI) --Mating season in the mountains of northern Brazil can get pretty noisy, but no mating calls get louder than those produced by the white bellbirds. Until recently, the screaming pihas, ...

AMAZONAS, Peru — Scientists have found the world's loudest bird, and its screech is enough to damage the hearing of the female mate he's trying to seduce. The white bellbird, native to the Amazonian ...

It’s a mating call like no other. An Amazonian bird observed to have a “six pack” has the loudest mating call in the world, registered at 125 decibels — the same volume as a chainsaw. The Procnias ...

Researchers working in the Amazon recently recorded the world’s loudest bird, the white bellbird, and it sounds like a klaxon you’d hear aboard a spaceship during battle. And while the white ...

The jungle is full of sounds. Due to humid temperatures, life thrives in these thick ecosystems, and so do the sounds those creatures emit. A walk through any jungle environment will expose you to a ...

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, ...