Zebra finches brought up without their fathers don't react to the singing of potential suitors in the same way that female birds usually do. Zebra finches brought up without their fathers don't react ...

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 ...

Does a male bird with a long and complex courtship dance have superior cognitive abilities? Simply put, is a talented dancer a smarter bird? To answer the question, researchers at Université de ...

A new study published in Science shows how a neural circuit in Zebra finches, involved in forming the learning of a courtship song, can be manipulated. Scientists effectively implanted a new song in ...

Zebra finch males each produce a single song, but they perform a "better" version when courting a female. There is accumulating evidence that females choose mates based on how well their potential ...

Zebra finches brought up without their fathers don't react to the singing of potential suitors in the same way that female birds usually do, hinting that the environment in which the birds are raised ...