The Sounds of Antarctica? Flying in the Cold? Your Questions, Answered

Is it hard to fly a helicopter in the Antarctic cold? What do penguins sound like? How about the instruments designed to test ...

The sound of this one specific bird from Age of Empires keeps haunting me through pop songs, movies, and across other games

Videogames aren't as hooked on loon sonics as movies and music are, though once you know what you're listening for, the ...

9 Best Free Apps For Identifying The Birds In Your Yard

Heard a chirp or spotted a flutter? These free apps identify backyard birds by sight or sound — no binoculars or in-depth ...
Islands on MSN

America's No. 1 trending destination on Google is a region full of idyllic barrier islands and cozy lodging

America's top trending Google destination is this North Carolina region of barrier islands, historic towns, wild beaches, and ...
Reuters

Odesa zoo saves birds from oil spill following Russian attacks

ODESA, Ukraine, Dec 24 (Reuters) - A volunteer lifts a lifeless bird from a windswept beach in Odesa, the Black Sea port city where an oil spill — blamed by Ukrainian officials on Russian strikes — ...
Seattle Times

Why Sound Transit is waging a ceaseless battle against birds

Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Birds Are Beeping and Booping like R2-D2. Their Mimicked Sounds Are Helping Unlock the Secrets of Avian Communication

European starlings were the best at imitating R2-D2's multphonic sounds because they can control both sides of both sides of the syrinx independently, the researchers say. Pexels Birds have shown the ...
Popular Science

Bird or droid? Starlings nail R2-D2 beeps and boops.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Songbirds like parrots and parakeets might be well known for ...
Nature

Birds’ intruder alert hints at how sounds took on new meanings

The relationship between sounds in words and their meaning is thought to be mostly arbitrary. Some linguists and behavioural ecologists, however, argue that the instinctive vocal responses that humans ...
The Conversation

Birds all over the world use the same sound to warn of threats

William Feeney receives funding from the Spanish National Research Council. He has previously received funding from the Queensland Government, Hermon Slade Foundation, Seaworld Research and Rescue ...
KUT

UT Austin researchers discover rare hybrid ‘Grue Jay’ bird in Texas

Researchers at UT Austin are chirping about a brand new bird. A reported hybrid (or hybird, if you will) between Texas’ resident blue jays and green jays — nicknamed the “Grue Jay” — was sighted in ...
AOL

I dove deep into the SportsCenter of Silicon Valley

At the defense tech and data juggernaut Palantir's customer conference in early September, CEO Alex Karp joined the online talk show "TBPN" to take a victory lap. "We're crushing it," Karp said, ...