Calling someone a bird-brain may not be the insult it was intended to be. Although small in size, some birds’ brains, such as the zebra finch, are filled with more neurons and synapses than can be ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Discovery News It goes a little something like this: A young male zebra finch, whose father taught him a song, shared that song with a ...

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 ...

A Connecticut man tried smuggling nearly three dozen live finches from Guyana through JFK Airport so he could sell them for use in high-stakes Big Apple bird-singing competitions, federal officials ...

Unlike Hawaii and other island groups, no native bird has gone extinct in the Galapagos Islands, although some are in danger. Biologists have found that finches -- the birds Darwin studied -- develop ...

CAN you imagine getting a load of dog muck and stirring it into your beloved pets’ feeding bowls? You wouldn’t dream of it.

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I have enjoyed reading bird questions and answers on your Web site. I am wondering if anyone has e-mailed you about house finches trying to feed from hummingbird feeders. What's up with these crazy ...