News and research highlights from the department "Behavioural Neurobiology"

Study of female canaries provides fascinating insights into how brain plasticity works and how it can maintain core abilities throughout life more

Annual award presented for outstanding publications by early-career researchers more

Chickens provide important insights into its complex mode of action more

Their first vocalizations help young zebra finch males to memorize the songs of adults more

Zebra finches communicate via eye contact and calls to coordinate their spatial positions during flocking flight more

The breeding pair jointly builds a complex nest with asymmetric architecture more

Max Planck researchers clarify relationships between bird families more

Vocal control areas in the brain of weaver birds fire in time when they sing together more

Although the raising of the young is a matter for men in these birds, parenthood is less expensive for the fathers than thought more

The scientists believe that the relevant legislative amendments could halt the disappearance of insects and birds in Bavaria more

Both sexes of a songbird called the blue-capped cordon-bleu intensify courtship performances in the presence of an audience more

The tiny mammals reduce the size of their organs in the winter and can even decrease and rebuild bones more

Female white-browed coucals have to suffice with a single mate more

Singing developes independent from gender differences in the brain more

Zebra finches change their call communication pattern in groups according to their reproductive status more

Late-hatched canaries learn their songs as well as early-hatched birds more

Hormone sensitive gene regulation in seasonal singing birds more

Zebra finches use their specialised song system for simple communication more

Researchers uncover a mechanism for improving song learning in juvenile zebra finches more

Brain and song structure in zebra finches are strongly influenced by the environment more