The fairy wren is one of the most beautiful birds in the world. The tiny home named after it is also a stunner. Boasting generous proportions for a mobile habitat, it reveals bold solutions for ...

It's always a good idea to listen to your mother, but that goes double for baby fairy-wrens even before they are hatched. If those fairy-wren babies want to be fed, they need to have a password -- a ...

Sharing secrets Superb fairy wren chicks are learning the importance of listening to their mother before they've even hatched, a new Australian study has found. According to the study, published today ...

Cuckoo birds have evolved a nasty habit of laying their eggs in the nests of other bird species, who then unknowingly tend to their young. But as new research published in Current Biology reveals, the ...

How do parents recognize their offspring when the cost of making an error is high? To avoid wasting valuable time and energy by raising chicks of another species that ...

Superb, splendid, and downright lovely. These chipper little song birds flit and flirt their way through our gardens and parks. Fairy-wrens have probably landed a spot in your heart, but how much do ...

A recently-published study reveals that nestlings of Australia's Red-backed Fairy-wrens learn their mother's calls before they hatch. These calls are a "vocal password" that the parents rely upon to ...

One mystery many biologists want to solve is how complexity develops in nature. And among the many social systems in the natural world, multilevel societies stand out for their complexity. Individuals ...

It's always a good idea to listen to your mother, but that goes double for baby fairy-wrens even before they are hatched. If those fairy-wren babies want to be fed, they need to have a password—a ...