Now that you know a little more about finches, let’s dive right in and learn about six popular species you can keep! The zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) is a firm favorite among bird lovers.

But the unions don’t always work out. Scientists want to know the underlying factors. Before a pair of zebra finches can settle down to start a family, they have to find a place to live. Whether ...

Standing to benefit are animal groups threatened by habitat loss or human activity that could be better protected with better understandings of their languages. Existing collaborations aim to document ...

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, female finches can pick the performer who sings most beautifully.

This songbird, the zebra finch, is already an established animal model in several biological fields. Other than songbirds, only a few animals, such as whales and humans, can learn vocalizations.

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 ...