Vallentin's team focused on zebra finches, songbirds known for their elaborate vocalizations. Like many animals, zebra ...

To a human ear the songs of all male zebra finches sound more or less the same. But faced with a chorus of this simple song, ...

Recently in Nature(399, 466– 470, 1999), Anthony Leonardo and Mark Konishi of Caltech reported that zebra finches retain a surprising ability to modify their songs in response to auditory ...

In three rounds of experiments lasting four weeks each, some members of groups of zebra finches were exposed to different disruptions resulting in stress. Cameras then recorded in fine detail how ...