Australia’s lyrebirds do not merely repeat one borrowed call. A male can assemble a long performance from the voices of ...

You might be able to do a mean celebrity impression or two, but can you imitate an entire film’s cast at the same time? A male superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) can, well almost. During ...

The superb lyrebird can fool you into thinking a chainsaw just fired up or a camera shutter just clicked, and the reason it ...

The superb lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae, is renowned for its extraordinary vocal abilities, capable of imitating the calls of other birds, environmental sounds, and even human-made noises. While ...

In today’s digital age, we’re constantly hearing artificial sounds– like phone ringtones, camera clicks, or car alarms. But here’s something surprising: there’s a bird in Australia that can copy all ...

Am I not pretty enough? This article is part of The Conversation’s series introducing you to Australia’s unloved animals that need our help. Mention the superb lyrebird, and you’ll probably hear ...

Being catfished is never fun, but one animal takes deception to an entirely new level. A study published Thursday in the journal Current Biology reveals male lyrebirds, a type of songbird, use complex ...

When it comes to personal privacy and overall security, we often think of passwords, fingerprints, and even our own faces as being the keys that unlock our world, but what about your voice? If someone ...

Recent research reveals that female superb lyrebirds possess complex, context-dependent songs, challenging the notion of their vocal insignificance. These vocalisations serve essential survival ...