New York (WCBS) — A bird-smuggling suspect was stopped at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday when live finches were found stuffed into hair curlers. CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez spoke with New ...

Now playing in city parks, it’s “American Idol” – starring birds. A Brooklyn man was arrested at Kennedy Airport trying to smuggle 13 singing finches hidden inside hair curlers, federal authorities ...

A Connecticut man tried smuggling nearly three dozen live finches from Guyana through JFK Airport so he could sell them for use in high-stakes Big Apple bird-singing competitions, federal officials ...

The song of a small bird is providing valuable insights into human speech and speech disorders. Scientists have now discovered that some 2,000 genes in a brain region of a male bird called the zebra ...

A man attempting to smuggle a flock of singing finches was caught in customs on Sunday at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Francis Gurahoo, 39, was charged with trying to ...

NPR's Noel King talks to freelance reporter Kimon de Greef about New York City's songbird competitions and why some people go as far as to try to smuggle finches into the U.S. A special agent with the ...

When we hear a song for the first time, it often seems like it goes in one ear and out the other, sometimes only few catchy words from a chorus leaving much of an impression. But when the Australian ...

Humans aren’t the only species that tend to belt out an inebriated song or two after consuming alcohol — songbirds will get in on the act as well. But first, scientists had to get them drunk. A study ...