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.

“I’m… so… tired.” One September morning, you’ll hear those three plaintive, descending notes emerge from the edge of the yard, a new sound in this quiet ...

In a clip from David Attenborough 's 1998 BBC TV series Life of Birds, a lyrebird imitates a chainsaw, kookaburra and car ...

Last week, I told you about a mysterious sound in the night that goes sproinnnnggggg! That rather unsettling sound coming from above and outside in the darkness was always a bit unsettling. I had ...

Forget the typical spa soundtracks, like rainstorms and crashing waves. The next time you want to relax, head to Spotify, look up key phrases like “birds in the forest,” and enjoy a cacophony of ...

In a study conducted at the University of Helsinki, AI was trained to classify bird sounds with increasing accuracy. The ...

DETROW: That chirping you're hearing right now is the western meadowlark. It's one of the sounds that made the Macauley Library's list of best audio recordings of 2025. The library is an online ...