A new study in The Auk: Ornithological Advances suggests that some birds prioritize social information over visual evidence when making breeding choices. The quality of an environment can be difficult ...

Using an artificial intelligence technique, researchers discovered dialects in the songs of different zebra finch populations. The photo shows two zebra finch pairs: one pair from a wild-derived ...

Zebra finches sing a special song to their eggs to warn them about hot weather, and these calls seem to program the hatchlings’ cells to harness energy from food without creating excessive heat. This ...

House finches are very social birds that enjoy the company of their owners. Many of these brightly colored birds like to perch on fingers or even receive a pet on the head or body. Given that ...

Many bird species fly together with conspecifics in flocks to safely cover flight distances. To avoid collisions with each other and head in the same direction, flock members have to communicate and ...

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 ...

A new study suggests that some birds prioritize social information over visual evidence when making breeding choices. A new study in The Auk: Ornithological Advances suggests that some birds ...