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Birdsong, like human speech, is learned via auditory experience during a developmentally restricted sensitive period. Within projection neurons of two avian forebrain nuclei, NMDA receptor-mediated ...

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Learn why zebra finches are considered low risk pets and what care, habitat, and health needs to consider before owning one.

Male (left) and female (right) zebra finches. The orange feathers displayed by the male are colored by the pigment pheomelanin, which is also present in human skin and red hair. Pheomelanin is ...

The acorn woodpecker’s social structure, known as clans, consists of a dozen or more birds that will include breeding pairs ...

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Two female jaguars were recorded making meow-like vocalizations in Brazil—the first documented audio of the sounds in the wild ...