The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orange-crowned Warbler sitting on a branch, singing. Some of these songbirds will collect in “song neighborhoods” made of two to ...

A migratory bird brain, the Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), has been mapped for the first time using high-resolution light microscopy. The open-source software tools developed, and the ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A simple look out the window at your favorite bird could do more than brighten the day. In fact, it may help keep the brain sharp. A recent study published in the Journal of Neuroscience ...

Reconstruction of a Late Triassic landscape (approximately 215 million years ago). A lagerpetid, a close relative of pterosaurs, is perched on a rock, observing pterosaurs flying overhead. Tübingen, ...

Expert birdwatchers have brain differences that may underlie their remarkable ability to identify unfamiliar birds and suggest that birdwatching can reshape the brain in much the same way as learning ...

Sleep looks peaceful on the outside, but inside the brain, it is anything but quiet. Neurons pulse, blood flows, and hidden rhythms rise and fall like slow ocean tides. For decades, scientists ...

Orange-crowned Warbler sitting on a branch, singing. Some of these songbirds will collect in "song neighborhoods" made of two to six males who mimic the songs of each other.© Dee Carpenter ...