For decades, scientists have known that only a few groups of birds—songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds—can learn to produce ...

Zebra finches don’t just mimic sounds—they understand them, revealing surprising insights into animal communication and cognition.

The lovable Star Wars droid is helping to shed light on why some bird species are better at mimicking sounds than others ...

Zebra finches have a more complex way of communicating than previously thought. A new study published in the journal Science found that the sociable songbird does not just recognize and organize ...

When you think of birds imitating sounds, parrots and starlings might come to mind. They're famous for copying human speech, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The finches that call Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands home are ...

In studying animal communication, it’s hard to know whether animals react instinctively to the vocalizations of others or ...

Researchers trained parrots to call certain birds. Later the parrots chose who they wanted to call. The researchers were delighted when the parrots interacted with each other over the screen.

In some of the, well, less stressful corners of social media, you can hear all kinds of bird calls, people sharing recordings of birds that they took with their phones. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...