Male fairy-wren use different calls to communicate. Photo courtesy Andrew Katsis (BirdLab) After years studying wild birds in ...
Sharing secrets Superb fairy wren chicks are learning the importance of listening to their mother before they've even hatched, a new Australian study has found. According to the study, published today ...
It's always a good idea to listen to your mother, but that goes double for baby fairy-wrens even before they are hatched. If those fairy-wren babies want to be fed, they need to have a password -- a ...
Cuckoo birds have evolved a nasty habit of laying their eggs in the nests of other bird species, who then unknowingly tend to their young. But as new research published in Current Biology reveals, the ...
A male fairy-wren's low pitch song indicates body size, a new study has shown. A male fairy-wren's low pitch song indicates body size, a new international study has shown. The study led by University ...
Why would a bird perform a particularly conspicuous display in response to a predator’s call? This strange behavior seems like a recipe for disaster, since it probably alerts the predator to the ...
A recently-published study reveals that nestlings of Australia's Red-backed Fairy-wrens learn their mother's calls before they hatch. These calls are a "vocal password" that the parents rely upon to ...
It's always a good idea to listen to your mother, but that goes double for baby fairy-wrens even before they are hatched. If those fairy-wren babies want to be fed, they need to have a password—a ...