Many species of birds and other vertebrates form pair bonds and mate with just one other individual for much of their lives. But the unions don’t always work out. Scientists want to know the ...

Juvenile male zebra finches normally learn to sing by memorizing the song of an older male, and then using auditory feedback to gradually match their own vocalizations to this 'internal model'.

We study perception and immediate-early gene response in perceptual regions, environmental factors that affect neurogenesis, and how stress affects song learning and brain development in male and ...