A study by the University of Vienna and Anglia Ruskin University challenges this belief. Female birds do sing, and in many ...

In a new study, wild regent honeyeaters became vocal tutors, teaching their disappearing song to birds in a captive breeding ...

Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds – one of the natural world’s greatest symphonies – is a joy like no other. It is not ...

Increasing demand for songbirds is raising the risk of “secondary extinctions” of so-called “master birds” in Southeast Asia, conservationists warn. While these birds never enter the region’s songbird ...

March is a great time of year for people across the United States. The snow begins to melt, temperatures rise, and many birds ...

One rainy morning a week ago, I hear a beautiful bird song that I cannot quite identify. It’s longish, sweet and melodic. From in the bedroom, I glance over at the feeders and there’s the usual ...

Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with ...

Most of us have heard the phrase "it takes a village" when it comes to childcare. This age-old saying holds true for some ...

Researchers have mapped the long-range synaptic connections involved in vocal learning in zebra finches, uncovering new ...

In March 1942, a flock of seven house finches was discovered on Long Island. This was highly unusual, since at the time, house finches were typically found only west of the Mississippi River, ...

Scientists simulated how drought conditions could change the song of Darwin’s medium ground finches by digitally modifying recordings to mimic what would happen as their beaks grew larger over ...