When building a nest, previous experience raising chicks will influence the choices birds make, according to a new study by University of Alberta scientists. The results show that birds that have ...

William Feeney receives funding from Australian Geographic and the Australian National University. Species must reproduce to survive, and animals have found unique ways of achieving this. For some, ...

Very hot weather causes the eggs of Australia's desert-dwelling zebra finch to hatch earlier than normal, research has found. Temperatures in zebra finch nests can reach over 50 degrees Celsius.

Some female zebra finches foist a part of their eggs on their neighbors. Scientists in Germany have discovered that in every fifth nest there is one egg that is not produced by its social parents. The ...

Birds are resourceful. It's officially spring, which means that it is just about time for birds to start mating, nesting, and laying their eggs. They're finding anything they can to make their nests ...

Zebra finches breed in colonies and each pair cares for their own offspring. However, brood parasitism within the same species is relatively common, in captive populations as well as in the wild in ...

A new study has linked duetting with sharing the workload of egg incubation in zebra finches. ZEBRA FINCHES FORM lifelong monogamous bonds and share egg incubation duties – but how do they negotiate ...

When the weather is hot, zebra finches in Australia sing to their eggs - and these "incubation calls" change the chicks' development, a study has found. The surprising discovery suggests that the ...

A zebra finch and a clutch of it's eggs were spotted nesting in the corpse of a dingo that had been shot and strung up from a tree in WA's Mid West.

In a magnificently thought out piece of research, biologists have discovered that forced coupling among birds may be a bad thing, with zebra finches, for example, far happier to choose a mate. By ...