Publication of the genetic blueprint for the zebra finch marks 10 years of success for the Ensembl project in helping researchers to navigate the genomes of a Noah's Ark of species. Ensembl, a genome ...

Researchers who helped decipher the zebra finch genome have found hints that the birds' sense of smell may have evolved independently. Darwin's finches -- some 14 related species of songbirds found on ...

Zebra finches can not only distinguish the full range of their species’ vocalizations but also organize them by meaning, according to a new study. The results suggest a surprising level of semantic ...

Zebra finches are an uncommon animal model in the biomedical industry but are widely used in language development, memory, and learning studies. Native to Australia, they are desert birds that like ...

A new study on songbirds sheds light on the power of social interaction to facilitate learning, insights that potentially apply to human development. The findings, published in Proceedings of the ...

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 26, No. 2 (JUNE 2012), pp. 76-84 (9 pages) Songbirds have emerged as attractive model systems in many areas of biological research. Notably, songbirds are ...