Recent research has revealed a common genetic link between the larynx – the vocal organ of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians – and the syrinx – the vocal organ of birds. This figure ...

The vocal skill of birds derive from the unusual structure of their powerful vocal equipment. The syrinx is the sound-producing organ in birds. It is the equivalent of the human sound box.

What’s unique to birds is a structure called a syrinx at the lower end of the trachea. The syrinx of birds varies ...

A similar process occurs in birds but they have a syrinx instead of a larynx and the noise is altered farther up the vocal tract. Birds, like other types of animals, are thought to use noises to ...

RA then sends axons to two separate motor nuclei whose motor neurons innervate the vocal organ in birds, called the syrinx, and the respiratory muscles to produce song while coordinating breathing.

“Every nook and cranny and bump that occurs on a bone can tell us something about where the muscles or tendons attached and ...

Several of the sleek black birds suddenly launch into the sky ... The fossil contains the oldest known example of a vocal organ called a syrinx, a squawk box akin to the ones found in today ...

Well, birds' voices are special, because instead of a larynx (voicebox) like us humans, they have what is called a syrinx. This syrinx allows them to produce two different notes at the same time ...

Birds play a wide range of unique cultural roles for the Nuer people, who have three interchangeable names for them.

They help the environment, but they also help our souls. In 2018 we’ll explore the wonder of birds, and why we can’t live without them. An American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) comes into ...

When Logan Parker first sees a male, black-throated blue warbler near his Maine home each spring, two things strike him about the tiny bird – its stunning appearance and the thousands of miles ...

Newly Discovered Late Cretaceous Birds May Have Carried Heavy Prey Like Extant Raptors Oct. 9, 2024 — Newly discovered birds from Late Cretaceous North America were hawk-sized and had powerful ...