Young zebra finches that receive feedback after they sing from a video of a fluffed-up female eventually develop more accurate tunes. Zebra finches sing a special song that appears to help their ...

MONTREAL (AP) — Peeps trickle out of a soundproof chamber as its door opens. Female zebra finches are chattering away inside the microphone-lined box. The laboratory room sounds like a chorus of ...

Editor’s note (June 1): Evolutionary biologist Kerianne Wilson informed us that the main image originally accompanying this story depicted two male zebra finches. The page has been updated with a ...

We study perception and immediate-early gene response in perceptual regions, environmental factors that affect neurogenesis, and how stress affects song learning and brain development in male and ...

In one, what looks like a pointillist painting illustrates a young zebra finch’s myriad attempts to sound more like an adult, capable of wooing a mate. In another, squiggly lines trace the ebb and ...