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 ...

Humans aren't the only living beings who find a singing voice attractive in the opposite sex—songbirds do too. For about a third of the approximately 4,000 songbird species that sing only one song, ...

Zebra finches can not only distinguish the full range of their species’ vocalizations but also organize them by meaning, according to a new study. The results suggest a surprising level of semantic ...

A new study on songbirds sheds light on the power of social interaction to facilitate learning, insights that potentially apply to human development. Researchers discovered that zebra finches deprived ...

Conversations with friends have an ease that is hard to replicate with someone you have just met – often replies come more naturally and timing just seems to click. A strikingly similar pattern plays ...

• Fixed calls, flexible replies: Zebra finch contact calls are vocal abilities the birds are born with and cannot change – but the timing of their replies is flexible. New research shows it is shaped ...