Female Bengalese finches have a natural preference for their fathers’ songs over the songs of any other birds — a preference they will carry for their entire lives.

Male zebra finches sing slightly differently when serenading a female as opposed to twittering to themselves, and females react to those differences.

A new study shows that female finches may cheat on their partners not because … ...

A newly-published study of South American finches reveals some fundamental secrets to accelerated evolution and speedy speciation ...

A female house finch forages near the Hay Barn at UC Santa Cruz. House finches are common from coast to coast today and are familiar visitors to backyard feeders. These birds are native to the ...

Promiscuous female finches are picky with sperm, a new study suggests. The results show females of a particular finch species can select sperm from the males that are a more ideal genetic match ...

In the second experiment, female finches were put individually in cages, with either a compatible or incompatible male.

Female zebra finches are choosy but flexible when it comes to finding a mate, allowing them to avoid the fitness costs of being too selective when competition for males is high, researchers report.

A male medium ground finch (left) next to a female small ground finch (right). It's unclear what the nature of their relationship is—but if the male is small for his kind, love could blossom ...

Zebra finches mostly form lifetime partnerships, so why would so many females play away from home when that means putting it all at risk?

A new study shows that female finches may cheat on their partners not because cheating is beneficial to them, but because it's beneficial for males. Read the whole story ...