Just like ChatGPT and other generative language models train on human texts to create grammatically correct sentences, a new modeling method trains on recordings of birds to create accurate birdsongs.

Friends of Fredericksburg Nature Center will sponsor a workshop titled “What’s That Bird?” From 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb ...

Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...

In 1799, during his explorations along the Orinoco River, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt “stayed with a local ...

CDC employees can no longer publish documents without review by the executive branch, and must withdraw their names from ...

CDC employees can no longer publish documents without review by the executive branch, and must withdraw their names from ...

A photographer’s Covid-era hobby turned into a four-year project that produced around half a million photos. But one stood out from them all.

Sophisticated birdsong follows strict grammatical rules, much like human sentences. But what happens when birds can’t hear ...

Many animals show signs of high intelligence, including strong memory, self-awareness and communication skills.

But these are special occasion words, sprinkled sparingly into writing and conversation. The words in heaviest rotation are ...

As a long-time dog owner, it breaks my heart when I hear of the mistreatment of any animal. I’m not an animal activist by any stretch of the imagination, but any time I hear the phrase “animal ...