That’s because spring is when most birds turn to family obligations—they mate, build nests, lay eggs and raise young. Why do birds sing so much during this time, though? Why Do Birds Sing? Singing is ...

The song of the chingolo can be heard across South America. But young songbirds were no longer learning the tunes of their ...

Song birds communicate by singing and learn their songs through imitation. Since their discovery in the monkey brain, it has been suggested that mirror neurons mediate the mimicking of behaviour ...

“What our paper shows is that it’s not necessarily the case for birds. Even in traits that should be very labile, such as song or plumage, you can have long periods of stasis,” he adde ...

Qi was able to show that another chemical messenger called acetylcholine can trigger dopamine release in the bird’s brain ...

This suggests that mMAN, which was previously thought to play a role in early song learning only, may also help integrate auditory feedback with motor control, allowing young birds to fine-tune ...

The sun is shining, the temperature is rising and birds are singing. It's spring. Of course, we don't have to respond to all ...

Sooty grouse are very vocal at this time of year but are found at mid-elevations requiring a trip up a logging road. Listen ...

In zebra finches, only the males sing; young birds learn their courtship song early in life by first ... In other words, any effort at singing activates signals in the brain’s reward pathways.

For proof, listen for the distinctive “conk-la-ree!” song of the red-winged blackbird. These boldly colored migratory birds spend the colder months in the southern United States and begin ...