The study, published this week and highlighted by ScienceDaily, suggests that gene activity in the bird's brain region known as the "song nuclei" could be the sole determination of how they actually ...

Differences in gene expression led to different bird songs between species. Researchers have discovered the genetic mechanism that explains how birds sing different songs depending on their species.

The researchers, including those from Hokkaido University in Japan, said species-specific songs by birds were dependent on differences in the structure and development of regions in the brain which ...

Don’t fall into the winter doldrums ... there are lots of birds to find in our area. Don’t fall into the winter doldrums ... there are lots of birds to find in our area. The big story continues to be ...

We humans have used other animals as models to understand our own biological features and their mechanisms. The common fruit fly has been used for identifying several genes and how mutations in them ...

The vampire bat might be nature’s purest super-villain. But it’s not the only flyer known to subsist off of the blood of its prey. Here are four birds that also practice "hematophagy." Hematophagy is ...

Don’t fall into the winter doldrums … there are lots of birds to find in our area. The big story continues to be the Snowy Owl invasion in Eastern Ontario and beyond. The phenomenal southward movement ...