To a human ear the songs of all male zebra finches sound more or less the same. But faced with a chorus of this simple song, female finches can pick the performer who sings most beautifully.

Recently in Nature(399, 466– 470, 1999), Anthony Leonardo and Mark Konishi of Caltech reported that zebra finches retain a surprising ability to modify their songs in response to auditory ...

Female zebra finches are chattering away inside the microphone-lined box. The laboratory room sounds like a chorus of squeaky toys. “They’re probably talking about us a little bit,” says ...

Female zebra finches are chattering away inside the microphone-lined box. The laboratory room sounds like a chorus of squeaky toys. “They're probably talking about us a little bit,” says ...