Why wasn't this intruder getting the message? The lord of the manor had warned him repeatedly to back off, with threatening gestures and loud admonitions. But the trespasser just sat there - singing.
Plants & Animals
May 18, 2012
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Thanks to cultural evolution, male Savannah sparrows are changing their tune, partly to attract "the ladies."
Plants & Animals
Jan 29, 2013
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iPod owners aren't the only ones who frequently shuffle their favorite tunes. Baby songbirds do it, too, a new study shows.
Plants & Animals
Jun 19, 2012
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Having the biggest playlist doesn't make a male songbird the brainiest of the bunch, a new study shows.
Plants & Animals
May 21, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It may take a village to raise a child, and apparently it takes at least two adult birds to teach a young song sparrow how and what to sing.
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2009
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Like toddlers learning to speak, young birds learn to sing by listening to the voices of adults. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology on October 4 have shown for the first time that they could teach young sparrows ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2018
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Like humans, some song sparrows are more effusive than others, at least when it comes to defending their territories. New findings from the University of Washington show that consistent individual differences exist not only ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 3, 2013
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Territorial song sparrows use increasingly threatening signals to ward off trespassing rivals. First an early warning that matches the intruder's song, then wing waving – a bird's version of "flipping the bird" – as the ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 12, 2013
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Java sparrows are more likely to mate after dancing together, according to a study from Hokkaido University, contradictory to the belief that songs are the primary sexual signal.
Plants & Animals
Apr 17, 2017
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North American song sparrows may be more resilient to climate change thanks to a remarkable adaptation: a stunning range of body sizes found throughout the bird's westernmost range.
Evolution
Nov 7, 2023
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