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 ...

Female zebra finches that did not learn courtship songs from their fathers in their youth can learn the courtship melody as adults through the experience of living with a male, a new study has found.

A UC Berkeley study shows that when zebra finches hear the call of another zebra finch, they have a mental representation of ...

Female zebra finches are choosy but flexible when it comes to finding a mate, allowing them to avoid the fitness costs of being too selective when competition for males is high, researchers report.

We examined natural and sexual selection in a laboratory population of zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata), with a principal focus on bill color. Previous studies indicated that females prefer males ...

Female zebra finches at the University of Wyoming’s Animal Behavior and Cognition Lab were subjects of a new study on bird personality. (Lisa Barrett Photo) Personality is not unique to humans. New ...

A new study on songbirds sheds light on the power of social interaction to facilitate learning, insights that potentially apply to human development. McGill University researchers discovered that ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract There is ample evidence that phenotypic traits are important mate choice criteria. Yet, we still know little about the importance of ...

Skyrmions are tiny whirlpools of magnetic spin that some researchers believe have useful properties that could unlock new kinds of computing. However, getting skyrmions to perform useful computational ...

When a thirsty and lonely male zebra finch changes his mind from getting a drink of water to prioritizing courtship, his dopamine-releasing brain cells reflect his new intensions A pair of Zebra ...