Babbler birds are actually communicating much like humans when they make their distinctive sounds, new research reveals. The calls are not merely sounds but convey specific meanings, investigators ...
Scientists are proposing to add two new subspecies to four existing ones within the Sulawesi babbler (Pellorneum celebense) species. The team identified the new subspecies based on differences in DNA, ...
Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. There's ...
Move over, parrots. There’s another bird with some impressive “language” skills: the chestnut-crowned babbler. Scientists studying the social birds have discovered that they can rearrange meaningless ...
People have the remarkable ability to generate meaning out of meaningless sounds by arranging them in a, well, meaningful way. That’s how we form words. We used to think that this was a uniquely human ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Stringing together meaningless sounds to create meaningful signals was previously thought to be the preserve of humans alone, but a new study has revealed that babbler birds are also able to ...
When a British birdwatcher documented a small bird nesting in the wetlands of what is now called Salt Lake in 1875, Bengal’s riverbanks used to throb with wilderness. Almost 150 years later, ...
The enigmatic black-browed babbler has been studied in the wild for the first time following its reappearance after a 172-year absence. The team spotted a pair of babblers in dense shrubbery near the ...
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