A new study on songbirds sheds light on the power of social interaction to facilitate learning, insights that potentially ...

The photo shows two zebra finch pairs: one pair from a wild-derived populations ... In other species, such as the yellowhammer, males are a lot more stereotypic and uniform.

A GLOBAL TEAM OF scientists has sequenced the genome of Australia’s native zebra finch, in a breakthrough that may provide new insight into the biological basis of how human children learn to speak.

As with many bird species, only male zebra finches are able to learn the species-typical song from a tutor, usually the father. Over a period of three months, the young males initially only listen ...

Zebra finches communicate via eye contact and calls to coordinate their spatial positions during flocking flight Many bird species fly together with conspecifics in flocks to safely cover flight ...

Scientists teach finches new songs by implanting singing ... chose to use male zebra finches in their experiments because the vocal development of the Australian species is similar to that ...

In the Australian Outback, we follow Mylene Mariette as she sets up an unusual experiment that reveals something extraordinary about the zebra finches battle to survive. When it gets really hot ...

Similarly, female zebra finches need to hear their species' songs when they're young to perceive them correctly. However, ... A bird's-eye view of zebra finch courtship.