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Neurons in zebra finch brains operate as a barcode reader to detect songs of the same species during learning, report scientists. Like humans learning to speak, juvenile birds learn to sing by ...

The first songbird to have its genome deciphered may offer new insight into how human children learn to speak. A GLOBAL TEAM OF scientists has sequenced the genome of Australia’s native zebra finch, ...

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 ...

William Feeney receives funding from Australian Geographic and the Australian National University. Species must reproduce to survive, and animals have found unique ways of achieving this. For some, ...

Today's publication in Nature of the genetic blueprint for the zebra finch marks 10 years of success for the Ensembl project in helping researchers to navigate the genomes of a Noah's Ark of species.

Researchers describe neural mechanisms for gregariousness and monogamy in zebra finches in a new article. How do gregarious songbirds such as zebra finches, where both males and females live in close ...

Every time a zebra finch lands, takes off, or hops on the guitars' strings, the notes play through a nearby amplifier. Courtesy of Ben Mirin The young male zebra finch alighted on the nearest guitar ...