For decades, scientists have known that only a few groups of birds—songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds—can learn to produce new sounds. But a new article in The Quarterly Review of Biology reveals ...

Since then, the guitar player has traveled the world serenading lions, tigers, giraffes, elephants, monkeys, and more. The ...

More than 60 years later, we can still wake up to the sound of birdsong, but as ubiquitous as the dawn chorus is, it’s not totally clear why birds do it. Now, a new study (yet to be peer reviewed) ...

Dawn is beckoned by choruses of birds all around the world, but we still don't understand why our avian neighbours insist on ...

When a bird spots a predator and emits an alarm call, do its neighbors think "predator" and then react? Or do they automatically freeze or fly away ...

THERE are two Guyanese pastimes that have been a fixture in our society for ages and are either outrightly illegal or tethering on the brink of illegality or instigate illegal activities as a ...

Laysan finches, also known as ekupuu in Hawaiian, were once found throughout the main Hawaiian isles but can now only be found at Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Known for their varied ...

We recorded basal ganglia–projecting dopamine neurons in singing zebra finches as we controlled perceived song quality with distorted auditory feedback. Dopamine activity was suppressed after ...

It happened when researchers examined the puzzle of how young zebra finches pick mentors for learning new sounds. These curious birds sometimes face competing choices but still pick certain older ...

DEAR JOAN: A male house finch that is a regular visitor to my deck for sunflower seeds appears sick. He’s less active, and when he perches, he gapes his beak open and closed, over and over, like a ...