New research from Waseda University shows that zebra finches use their amygdala brain region to choose which older birds to ...

The Transvaal Zebra Finch Society welcomed wildlife enthusiasts to their Classic Bird Show, showcasing zebra and Bengalese finches at the Bird and Pets for Africa event on March 15. Breeders ...

Lovers of birds and particularly finches are in for a treat on March 15 when the Transvaal Zebra Finch Society (TZFS) hosts its first show in Ekurhuleni. The show takes place at Birds and Pets for ...

The zebra finch is a small songbird from Australia known for its cheerful and social nature. Zebra finch care is not difficult, even for a beginner, making the birds popular as pets. They're ...

Using cutting-edge techniques like optogenetics, they precisely switched off these inhibitory neurons in adult zebra finches. The results were remarkable. The birds, once thought to be stuck with ...

Similarly, female zebra finches need to hear their species' songs when they're young to perceive them correctly. However, our study shows that social interactions later in life can help make up ...

The babbling of zebra finches creates connections in the brain that enable them to memorize the song of their tutor. The picture shows a zebra finch chick (2nd from left) between a female (left ...

A male zebra finch chick hatches from its egg. Around 3-4 weeks later, it begins to make its first croaking sounds – these do not have much in common with its later song. But by the time it is three ...

Zebra finches, which are often kept as pets in the U.S., are the most studied songbirds, Dr. Roberts explained. As with other songbirds, only the males sing, learning and imitating by 3 months of ...

Oxytocin, the so-called “love hormone,” plays a key role in the process of how a young zebra finch learns to sing by imitating its elders, suggests a new study by neuroscientists at Emory University.