Researchers have developed a way to count hidden baby barn owls from a distance by using AI and sound so they don't have to disturb their nests. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, ...

A listener responded to our invitation to send recordings of backyard wildlife with audio of a spooky bird screech. An expert at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology helped solve the mystery. OK, that's not ...

Researchers have developed a way to count hidden baby barn owls from a distance by using AI and sound so they don't have to disturb their nests. Bournemouth University PhD student Kavisha Jayathunge ...

And let's take a moment to listen to the sounds of your backyard, or one like yours. OK, that's not actually a bird whistling reveille. But when we invited people to send us sounds of nature, we heard ...

Researchers have developed a way to count hidden baby barn owls from a distance by using AI and sound so they don't have to disturb their nests.

PhD student Kavisha Jayathunge is working with Brian Cresswell, a biologist-turned-electronics engineer who uses technology to support ornithological research, particularly barn owls and nightjars.

Great horned owls have always symbolized wisdom, knowledge, and the afterlife. In the wild, they are fierce predators and even fiercer protectors of their young, and this maternal owl in the below ...

Blood-curdling sounds will startle some sleeping Corridor humans awake this winter. The noise may be terrifying but it is only an owl calling from a treetop. Two common large owl species live in urban ...

There is a new field of ecology, called soundscape or acoustic ecology, in which researchers collect acoustic data from the wild and use this information to better understand an ecosystem. For example ...