Ettore received funding from the Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment and the Ecological Society of Australia. Anne Peters receives funding from the Australian Research Council Discovery Program. One ...

The songs of superb fairy-wrens can indicate the bird's personality, according to new research. Birds with a more exploratory nature were found to have more elements or notes, while aggressive ...

I ran across a sweet little paper that will make behavioral ecologists tingle in delight. Not only is this paper based on a really lovely experimental design, but it focuses upon a cute little bird ...

Cuckoo birds have evolved a nasty habit of laying their eggs in the nests of other bird species, who then unknowingly tend to their young. But as new research published in Current Biology reveals, the ...

Fairy wrens are everywhere. Go anywhere in Australia and there will be at least one local fairy wren. They're not endangered. In fact, it would be hard to imagine an animal less endangered than fairy ...

From parrots and peacocks to finches and flamingos, what’s the science and purpose behind birds’ vibrant hues? It’s one of the most spectacular sights in an Australian backyard: a male superb fairy ...

A team of biologists at Monash University, working with a colleague from Wageningen University, has found an explanation for why purple-crowned fairy wrens engage in cooperative breeding. In their ...

If a male songbird is worried about his mate's fidelity, should he react violently towards a rival male, or should he sing a duet with his mate when a rival shows up? A newly published study of the ...