Lyrebirds measure 31 to 39 inches in length, including their tail. Males tend to be slightly larger than females. Females weigh around 2 pounds, and males weigh around 2.4 pounds. The superb lyrebird ...

In a world first, Montreal-based startup Lyrebird today unveiled a voice-imitation algorithm that can mimic a person’s voice and have it read any text with a given emotion, based on the analysis of ...

The lyrebird can mimic the sounds of at least 20 different species. A male lyrebird manipulatively uses this to his advantage, mimicking the sound of a flock of birds to convince a nearby female that ...

To woo a mate, the Albert's lyrebird of Australia first chooses a stage of entangled vines, then in performance he shakes the vines as part of his courtship footwork, synchronizing each shake with the ...

The pheasant-sized superb lyrebird doesn't look like much until you get to its tail. There are 16 feathers, the two outermost being erect and creating a gorgeous pinnacle of lacy white and brown ...

Felix Cehak receives funding from UNSW in the form of a current PhD student stipend. Influential ornithologist John James Audubon’s historical ownership of slaves has spurred a debate about bird names ...

With the myth-steeped lyrebird, the truth is stranger than the fiction. But perhaps because its lyrical feats are so staggering, we've been led to believe a few pretty tall tales about these birds. So ...

What will the moviegoing public make of a film called “Lyrebird”? Oblique but apt, that title refers to an ostentatious Australian bird capable of mimicking the calls of countless other species — the ...

Picture a spacious, sophisticated living room with a classic dining table, a full-size kitchen, a serene, enclosed bedroom, and a stylish bathroom with laundry facilities – although it sounds like the ...

A Montreal-based AI startup called Lyrebird has taken the wraps off a voice imitation algorithm that the team says can not only mimic the speech of a real person but shift its emotional cadence — and ...