A migratory bird brain, the Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), has been mapped for the first time using high-resolution light microscopy. The open-source software tools developed, and the ...

A simple look out the window at your favorite bird could do more than brighten the day. In fact, according to a recent study, ...

A migratory bird brain, the Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), has been mapped for the first time using high-resolution light microscopy. The open-source software tools and detailed ...

If you want to slow brain aging, you know you should exercise and eat right. But you probably never suspected this hobby ...

Birdsong is more than just mimicry. Birds learn to sing through complex brain processes similar to human speech learning.

Bird brains may be tiny, but they pack in as many—or more—neurons as much larger animals. Similar to humans and other animals with higher intelligence, the executive center of a bird's brain allows ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orange-crowned Warbler sitting on a branch, singing. Some of these songbirds will collect in “song neighborhoods” made of two to ...

Orange-crowned Warbler sitting on a branch, singing. Some of these songbirds will collect in “song neighborhoods” made of two to six males who mimic the songs of each other.© Dee Carpenter ...