I'm one of those people who literally cannot sleep without white noise playing in the background. Otherwise, I'm stuck ...

That is, until Bird Machine.As the first decade of the 2000s drew to a close, Linkous reached a breaking point and decided to change directions. The plan was to hit the studio with noted punk ...

Becca Rowland’s quirky book “Bird Talk” helps readers identify bird calls by comparing them to everyday sounds like car ...

Like the LectroFan EVO, this sound machine can connect to speakers and headphones, and it also has a timer that can be set in 30-minute increments. Free, office-friendly brown noise Top pick ...

The bird’s declining numbers in the wild are largely due to its diminishing wetland habitat and overhunting for the global zoo trade. According to the IUCN, there are between 3,300 and 5,300 ...

My next guest analyzed 100,000 bird sounds from all over the world to try to peck out some kernels of knowledge about what determines a bird’s vocal range and the sounds that they make. Joining me now ...

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.

Machine learning is also changing many fields that may seem surprising. One example is my discipline, ornithology—the study of birds.It isn’t just solving some of the biggest challenges ...

The planet’s birds make a lot of different sounds communicating a wide variety of messages.The petite Black-capped chickadee emits a high noise that tells predators to scram. Hungry Pileated ...

Oct 31, 2023 Web Exclusive By Ian Rushbury. As posthumous, mop-up jobs go, Bird Machine is a fine effort. When Mark Linkous, the singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist behind Sparklehorse, ...

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