Zebra finches program their offspring to prepare for global warming by singing to eggs before they hatch. In especially hot areas, finch parents make a special call to incubating eggs, basically ...

Humans are not the only creature that talk to their unborn baby. Findings of a new research have revealed that the Australian zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) also sing to their eggs before ...

Gabriel A. Jamie's research has been funded by The Leverhulme Trust and the Biotechnology and Biosciences Research Council. It’s a warm wet day in Zambia and the rains are finally falling. A small, ...

In the most recent podcast we discussed how baby bats learn their calls from all the other bats in their crowded colonies. And we mentioned in passing that songbirds usually get tutored directory from ...

Most mothers-to-be must simply hope for healthy offspring. But female house finches tip the odds in their babies' favor by pre-determining their gender, a new study suggests. According to a report ...