Researchers have found an alternative choice for songbird study: a small non-migratory songbird commonly found in North America known as the black-capped chickadee. Female black-capped chickadees sing ...

One of the ways we try to understand the origins of human intelligence is by looking at its equivalents elsewhere in the animal world. But doing so turns out to be more complicated than it might seem.

Humpback whale songs become increasingly complex until a cultural revolution brings them back to basics. The role of complexity of male whale song has been unclear. Now, a team led by researchers from ...