The plague came early this year: a distant chirping borne aloft on a hot, sluggish wind—the ominous harbinger of a season of blight and misery. I am talking, of course, about songs with whistling in ...

When Geert Chatrou whistles, it’s easy to picture the birds trilling and flitting around Snow White in the classic 1937 film. The two-time world champion from the Netherlands stands onstage in the ...

You may have whistled while you worked, but have you ever whistled for 24 hours straight?David Hall always wanted to get his name in the Guinness World Record book. He decided whistling was how. On ...

In the fictional shtetl of Frampol, the home of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Gimpel the Fool, whistling on the Sabbath would have been strictly forbidden, and whistling a tune at night was known to bring ...

We've seen some incredible national anthem performances of The Star-Spangled Banner at events over the years, but a version that's all whistled? And is astounding? That's a rarity! But when it's ...

Readers have recently asked about a flock of handsome ducklike birds hanging out in their driveways or backyards. The birds are black-bellied whistling ducks with eye-catching color contrasts. Their ...