DEAR JOAN: We have had our three male zebra finches — Zoltar, Lovey and Archie — for three years, much to our surprise. They are really industrious and accomplished architects. Over the years they ...

If songbirds could appear on "The Masked Singer" reality TV competition, zebra finches would likely steal the show. That's because they can rapidly memorize the signature sounds of at least 50 ...

This is one of the many startling discoveries by a team of researchers, who are studying the bird in far west New South Wales, at Fowlers Gap station. Dr Simon Griffith from Macquarie University has ...

The zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) is a small songbird from the perching-bird order (Passeriformes) that is used as a model organism for the study of subjects including song production, evolution, ...

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 ...