Jackdaw chicks learn about predators by listening to adults, reveals new research. Scientists played recordings of predator ...

Young jackdaw chicks can learn about predators before leaving the nest by listening to alarm calls from adult birds.

According to new research, jackdaw (two species of bird in the genus Coloeus) chicks listen to their elders—but there’s also ...

Survival in the wild usually comes with a steep learning curve. For young birds, that curve can be especially brutal. If you don’t know what a hawk sounds like before you leave the nest, your first ...

If you're a predator that eats baby birds—say, an American Crow—eavesdropping on the begging calls of nestlings can be an easy way to find your next meal. But do baby birds change their begging ...

Wild black-tailed prairie dogs use alarm calls to warn one another of predators, and some grassland birds are listening in. Photo credit: Andrew Dreelin, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air. “Prairie ...