When it comes to copying R2-D2, the best bet seems to be small birds with small brains .

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European starlings just beat parrots at their own game – copying complex sounds. In a new study by researchers in Amsterdam ...

Scientists have discovered that starlings and parrots can imitate the complex sounds of Star Wars droid R2-D2 remarkably well. Their study reveals how ...

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Standing in a northern Everglades marsh in 2015, biologist Corey Callaghan watched as an enormous flock of tree swallows wheeled in the morning sun. As the mass of birds passed overhead, Callaghan and ...

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You may be noticing more feathered friends passing through these days. That's because we're in migration season for a variety of birds. Be on the lookout for the purple finch, ruby-crowned kinglet and ...

The 1.4-ounce female Northern cardinal was squawking and squirming between Brian Rademacher’s fingers and then bit his hand, leaving a red mark, as he prepared to release her after putting a tiny ...

The colder months are settling in and that means more people are keen to leave food out to support garden birds. But many stop doing so because of one pesky problem: rats. This expert shares that you ...

CINCINNATI — Heather Farrington sorts butterfly skins, placing them in envelopes and then into multiple boxes. A co-worker teases her. “Weren’t you doing that last week, too?” Farrington laughs.