In recent experiments with flocks kept in aviaries in California, Wilson and colleagues studied the behavior of zebra finch pairs—identifiable by bonding behaviors such as snuggling up to each other, ...

The attractive house finch is one of the more common and recognizable species throughout the United States. Originally a “western” species of semiarid environments, it was introduced in the ...

House finches and purple finches are both small birds which are native to North America. Both species have stunning red and ...

I was fortunate enough to have a pair of purple finches nest near me, allowing me to observe their courtship ritual for the first time. The male sang incessantly from a tree ...

"Traditionally people study the genetic variation in a single base pair [of DNA]," explained Fang ... that otherwise might be missed." In the house finch, this new approach revealed a DNA ...

I am seeing just a few purple finches at the feeders now. Last year, over a dozen were here on many days in January. Some may migrate to the south […] ...