Zebra finches have been in captivity for more than 100 years and are originally from Australia where they could be found in large flocks. These small birds are very social with each other and prefer ...

Every time a zebra finch lands, takes off, or hops on the guitars' strings, the notes play through a nearby amplifier. Courtesy of Ben Mirin The young male zebra finch alighted on the nearest guitar ...

Like humans who can instantly tell which friend or relative is calling by the timbre of the person's voice, zebra finches have a near-human capacity for language mapping. If songbirds could appear on ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Regular hike-and-bike trail users may have noticed a shallower-than-normal Lady Bird Lake this week. That wasn’t a trick of the eyes; the lake was lowered by about a foot for cleaning ...

Brenda Larison's research mentioned in this article was funded by the National Geographic Society. How the zebra got its stripes might at first seem like an esoteric question. But it has fascinated ...