The sounds of nature can be incredibly soothing — just think of those zen meditation tracks filled with chirping birds amid ...

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.

When converted to audio signals, their sharp notes mimic high-pitched bird calls. Researchers have captured such sounds in space before, but now they have sensed the chirping waves from much ...

When these waves are converted into audio signals, scientists have found them to sound similar to birds chirping. Schematic showing occurrence of chorus waves (Chengming Liu et al., Nature (2025 ...