In short: No-one thought New Zealand's smallest bird, called the titipounamu or rifleman, could learn new calls. Scientists have discovered it bridges the gap between birds that can learn new songs ...

We're not the only species that can recognize voices in the womb: Inside the egg, tiny songbirds called superb fairy wrens can discriminate sounds from different birds of their own species, a new ...

The songs of superb fairy-wrens can indicate the bird's personality, according to new research. Birds with a more exploratory nature were found to have more elements or notes, while aggressive ...

The musician wren is aptly-named, because these birds use the same intervals in their songs that are heard as consonant in many human cultures. This is a what composer and musicologist and a biologist ...

Over a decade ago, behavioral ecologist Diane Colombelli-Négrel was wiring superb fairy wrens’ nests to record the birds’ sounds when she noticed something odd. Mother fairy wrens sang while ...

The interplay with readers is one of the most enjoyable aspects of writing this column. Several weeks ago a reader named Laura in Asheville emailed to inquire about the identity of “a little brown ...