Scientists find some parallels with human speech in cheeps and trills of birdsong. If zebra finches notice timbral features more acutely than temporal features, I wonder if certain populations of ...

In our quest to find what makes humans unique, we often compare ourselves with our closest relatives: the great apes. But when it comes to understanding the quintessential human capacity for language, ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Neurobiologists have discovered that a nearly identical version of a gene whose mutation produces an inherited language deficit in humans is a key component of the song-learning ...

Researchers from The University of Queensland have helped design an app to protect birds at risk of extinction across the world by breaking down language barriers between scientists. The Bird Language ...

Researchers have helped design an app to protect birds at risk of extinction across the world by breaking down language barriers between scientists. Researchers from The University of Queensland have ...

Speech and language disorders affect millions of people in the United States. A new LSU Health Sciences Center bird study has identified two tiny molecules as potential regulators of a gene whose ...