The new study shows that beak-driven changes to songs themselves can impact species recognition, and thus drive the separation of species. "I started working with these birds 25 years ago," says ...

A major ecological change like drought can alter their songs so much that other finches won’t respond. The findings are described in a study published October 10 in the journal Science.

How playing songs to Darwin's finches helped biologists confirm link between environment and the emergence of new species. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com ...

In new research published March 12 in the journal Nature, the team put male juvenile zebra finches into individual soundproof rooms where they could practice their songs at will. In zebra finches, ...

The beaks of Darwin's medium ground finches can evolve to crush the shells of hard seeds. Credit: Andrew Hendry They say that hindsight is 20/20, and though the theory of ecological speciation ...