American swamp sparrows may have sung the same songs for more than 1,000 years and passed them on through generations by learning, according to new research. American swamp sparrows may have sung the ...

Over 20 years, scientists tracked the transformation of the traditional trill of a common bird from western Canada to Ontario. By Cara Giaimo Even if you’re not a bird person, you probably know the ...

One of the most pleasing melodies in suburban Ohio is created by one of our plainest birds, the song sparrow. Although the 20-gram earth-toned songster lacks visual pizazz, few of our birds can sing ...

Sparrow Songs is a documentary project by filmmaker Alex Jablonski and d.p. Michael Totten, who are making and posting one short doc film per month on their site for a whole year. They are six ...