The team used the songbird Parus major, commonly known as the great tit, as their model species. They observed that siblings ...

The powerful role of siblings is highlighted in this UC Davis study of a songbird species with limited parental care.

Scientists discovered that bird siblings, not parents, play the biggest role in teaching survival skills and shaping behavior.

Newly hatched European great tits learn life skills less from their parents and more from siblings and other flock mates, ...

As an ornithologist and educator, I often introduce students to the intricacies of bird songs, and I have developed some tricks that can make birding by ear less daunting. Learning bird songs is the ...

When birds talk, we should listen. They may have a very important message about what is happening in our environment. Birds vocalize for a variety of reasons. In a relaxed state, they use contact ...

Over a decade ago, behavioral ecologist Diane Colombelli-Négrel was wiring superb fairy wrens’ nests to record the birds’ sounds when she noticed something odd. Mother fairy wrens sang while ...

Bird song learning is a model system for studying the general principles of learning, but attempts to draw parallels between learning in birds and mammals have been difficult because of anatomical ...

As scientists have now shown, songbirds are minimalists when it comes to learning a new song. The birds' learning strategy resembles the methods used by computer scientists for document comparison.

With chatbots like ChatGPT making a splash, machine learning is playing an increasingly prominent role in our lives. For many of us, it’s been a mixed bag. We rejoice when our Spotify For You playlist ...

The popular video game Angry Birds has been turned into a mobile app designed to help kids learn English. Finnish game developer Rovio Entertainment is collaborating with papagei.com, a video language ...