Society for Science & the Public, which publishes Science News, uses cookies to personalize your experience and improve our services. For more information on how we use cookies on our websites, visit our Cookie Policy.
News in Brief Animals

Warm-up benefit could explain morning birdsong

Dawn tune-up may improve sound for attracting mates

Adelaide’s warbler

WARBLER WARMUP  Even in the highly musical species of Adelaide’s warblers, singers aren’t at their best with the first trill of the morning.

Ron Knight/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

By Susan Milius

This article is only available to Science News subscribers.

Subscribers, enter your e-mail address to access our archives.

Not a subscriber?

Science News is a nonprofit.

Support us by subscribing now.

More Stories from Science News on Animals

  1. silver-backed chevrotain
    Animals

    Silver-backed chevrotains have been ‘rediscovered’ by science after 29 years

    By Jonathan Lambert
  2. Athena the elephant
    Animals

    Apple TV+’s ‘The Elephant Queen’ shies away from hard truths

    By Jonathan Lambert
  3. vampire bats
    Life

    Vampire bat friendships endure from captivity to the wild

    By Jonathan Lambert
  4. lawn wolf spider
    Animals

    Spider webs don’t rot easily and scientists may have figured out why

    By Priyanka Runwal
  5. Saharan silver ant
    Life

    Saharan silver ants are the world’s fastest despite relatively short legs

    By Susan Milius
  6. bird eggs
    Life

    Bird eggs laid in cold climates are darker, which may keep eggs warm

    By Jonathan Lambert
  7. Congolese giant toads
    Animals

    Congolese giant toads may mimic venomous snakes to trick predators

    By Carolyn Wilke
  8. mammal skulls
    Life

    Remarkable fossils capture mammals’ recovery after the dino-killing asteroid

    By John Pickrell

From the Nature Index

Paid Content