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 ...

Three male and two female zebra finches, including two mating pairs. Females are typically all gray, though here one female is a white morph. Males are colorful, with red cheeks, zebra stripes on ...

A zebra finch with colorful feathered wings and a remarkable beak is seen at Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Zoo and Nature Park in Antalya, Turkiye, in March 2022. Antalya Metropolitan Municipality ...

Video demonstrating vocal learning by juvenile zebra finches. A baby’s babbling may sound like nonsense, but it’s actually an extended act of trial-and-error ...

Their first vocalizations help young zebra finch males to memorize the songs of adults. When babies learn to talk or birds learn to sing, the same principle applies: listen and then imitate. This is ...

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 ...

Calling someone a bird-brain may not be the insult it was intended to be. Although small in size, some birds’ brains, such as the zebra finch, are filled with more neurons and synapses than can be ...