Amid chatter and cigarette smoke, the air buzzed with excitement, for one of the region's biggest bird-singing competitions ...

But behind the applause is a deepening conservation crisis that experts say is leaving Indonesia's forests without birdsong.

The Java sparrow is ready for the video recording. As I hold it carefully in my hand in order to transfer it to the recording cage, the little gray bird bites my finger with its thick red bill. Ouch!

In the present Research Topic, we have been successful in attracting contributions from a wide range of research centers around the globe. The new results gathered in a variety of biological ...