Researchers discover genetic reason for the red, yellow and orange bills of Australian finches

Most long-tailed finches in Australia today have bright red bills, with the color coming from carotenoid (yellow) pigments in ...
New Scientist

Fairywren birds can nest out of breeding season to boost numbers

For the second year in a row, researchers have spotted purple-crowned fairywrens – small birds that dwell near creeks and rivers in northern Australia – reproducing outside their usual breeding season ...
University of California

Finch chirps are more than mindless chatter. They actually convey meaning.

A UC Berkeley study shows that when zebra finches hear the call of another zebra finch, they have a mental representation of ...
New Scientist

Letter: Birds double down on breeding in good times

Further to the observation of fairy wrens breeding out of season in Western Australia in recent years, since drought ended in Australia in 2021, we have had some of the wettest years for a while (15 ...