In the sunbaked Galápagos Islands, a male finch perches on a branch, hearing what sounds like another bird’s song. But ...

New research reveals how parrots and finches develop their extraordinary colours – and shows that evolution is an ongoing ...

What gives an Australian finch its brilliantly colored red, yellow or orange bill? A major new study has uncovered the ...

Nearly all birds with bright red, orange, and yellow feathers or bills use a group of pigments called carotenoids to produce ...

Scientists long after Darwin spent years trying to understand the process that had created so many types of finches that differed mainly in the size and shape of their beaks. Most recently ...

One definitive way to link ecological changes to evolution would require a time ... turned to a well-studied species - the so-called Darwin's Finches, named because the famous scientist, Charles ...

This changes it from a bright red to a bright yellow in parrots, and the opposite in finches, from bright yellow to bright red. The wonder of nature The evolution of colour in birds has been the focus ...

Macquarie University researchers have uncovered a genetic reason for the distinctive red, yellow and orange bills of Australian finches, finding a ...