Zebra finches don’t just mimic sounds—they understand them, revealing surprising insights into animal communication and ...

In studying animal communication, it’s hard to know whether animals react instinctively to the vocalizations of others or ...

These birds need a man to help about the nest, but still want options when choosing the best sperm to fertilise their eggs. Cheaters never win, except when they don’t get caught. Australian ...

If songbirds could appear on "The Masked Singer" reality TV competition, zebra finches would likely steal the show. That's because they can rapidly memorize the signature sounds of at least 50 ...

Australian zebra finches sing a rhythmic high-pitched song while incubating their eggs in a hot environment, which researchers have named a “heat call”. Experiments now show that this call influences ...

Multilocus genealogical approaches are still uncommon in phylogeography and historical demography, fields which have been dominated by microsatellite markers and mitochondrial DNA, particularly for ...

The show takes place at Birds and Pets for Africa in High Road, Pomona, from 09:00 to 15:00. The TZFS was established 35 years ago with the aim of promoting the breeding and exhibition of ...

I’m sure this pains the people who take offense at the true-life tale And Tango Makes Three, but heterosexuality is not the rule in the animal world. There are hundreds of species, from bison to ...