First of all, how adorable are these birds? Second of all, don't get too cooey over the picture. It's a composite! Anyway, what I really want to talk about is the fact that these birds, appropriately ...

One mystery many biologists want to solve is how complexity develops in nature. And among the many social systems in the natural world, multilevel societies stand out for their complexity. Individuals ...

Sharing secrets Superb fairy wren chicks are learning the importance of listening to their mother before they've even hatched, a new Australian study has found. According to the study, published today ...

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I've been wondering lately, do animals invent names? As in names for themselves? Names for each other? I've always thought that what we do when we call ourselves "Ralph" or "Laura" is unique, ...

For the first time, scientists have found a bird species–Australia’s superb fairy-wren–that can spot a murderer. The killers are chicks of a particularly aggressive cuckoo species. The crime begins ...

A new and exciting citizen science project has launched this week. It’s subject? One of Australia’s favourite birds, the superb fairy-wren. The citizen science project Superb City Wrens launched this ...

It's always a good idea to listen to your mother, but that goes double for baby fairy-wrens even before they are hatched. If those fairy-wren babies want to be fed, they need to have a password -- a ...