In the world of zebra finches, males sing, and females were thought to just listen. But a new study by Daniela Vallentin at ...

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

Neurons in zebra finch brains operate as a barcode reader to detect songs of the same species during learning, report scientists.

Male zebra finches learn their song by imitating conspecifics. To stand out in the crowd, each male develops its own unique song. Because of this individual-specific song, it was long assumed that ...

Male zebra finches sing only one song to attract their mates. New research uses machine learning to find out how females distinguish between them.

Male zebra finches learn their song by imitating conspecifics. To stand out in the crowd, each male develops its own unique song. Because of this individual-specific song, it was long assumed that ...

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Sarah Woolley, a professor of behavior neuroscience in the psychology department of Columbia University, studies different species of finches to figure out how the brain recognizes and processes ...

Animal Divorce: When and Why Pairs Break Up Many species of birds and other vertebrates form pair bonds and mate with just one other individual for much of their lives. But the unions don’t always ...

In one new study, researchers focused on a socially monogamous bird — the zebra finch — to determine just how important monogamy was for the success of the species.

Zebra finches travel in large flocks through Australia’s arid interior, looking for seeds. They’re highly social, and are known as a bird species able to learn new songs.