A new study published in 'Science' reveals that Zebra finches have more complicated communication than expected.

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 ...

I have a male white zebra finch, and I want to get it a companion. Will a male owl finch be OK to put in the same cage? Each species of bird acts a little differently in its relationships with other ...

Three male and two female zebra finches, including two mating pairs. Females are typically all gray, though here one female is a white morph. Males are colorful, with red cheeks, zebra stripes on ...

Finches are very endearing birds with their caring social behaviour and the zebra finch is also one of the most colourful. They often live in harsh, arid and semi-arid habitats and they make the most ...

A READER sent me a photo of a white crow and asked how it could get like that, so this week I will explain how an excess or a lack of the pigment melanin can result in black and white birds. Normal ...

DEAR JOAN: Last weekend I spotted a white bird at our backyard bird feeder. All of the other birds at the feeder at the time were house finches. Other than color, the white bird looked the same as the ...

The zebra finch subspecies T. guttata castanotis, native to Australia, is the progenitor of all common laboratory populations of zebra finch. These birds weigh 10–15 grams and are sexually dimorphic: ...