For as long as we have co-inhabited Planet Earth with birds, humanity has imbued these flying creatures with ... that the ...

As Lee reminds us, the nightingale is a global citizen. The birds spend the winter in north west Africa before flying 6,000km back to the UK each spring. The males arrive first, usually settling ...

Their position and the timing of wing flaps allows them to use energy efficiently Sensors attached to a flock of ibises allowed researchers to reach conclusion Research helps confirm theories ...

As we listened, the violinist Conor Gricmanis played to the nightingale, which sang back. The bird’s fondness for performing along with us is well known. In May 1924, Beatrice Harrison was recorded ...

His new translation, “The Owl and the Nightingale,” is a venture of a ... The title characters are two birds who, in Mr. Armitage’s words, “hurled abuse at one another, / taking turns ...

And not just any bird: the nightingale has long been regarded as having one of the most beautiful songs of all. Milton said that when the nightingale sang, silence was pleased; perhaps the ...