An international team of scientists has figured out why Gouldian Finches continue to feature three different colors: red, yellow, and black. In a study, they explained that another evolutionary ...

The Gouldian Finch Society will honour one of South Africa’s avicultural pioneers with a memorial show and auction in Alberton, celebrating excellence, mentorship and the enduring passion for ...

There appears to be an underlying selection mechanism at work among Gouldian finches -- a mechanism that allows this species to produce and maintain individuals with red heads, black heads, and yellow ...

April 23 (UPI) --The heads of Gouldian finches feature one of three different colors: yellow, red and black. Now, scientists know why the pressures of natural selection have failed to erase the ...

A highly endangered rainbow-colored Australian finch is breaking all the rules when it comes to avian evolution, according to new research published today by scientists from CU Boulder, the Cornell ...

For the first time, Australian scientists have shown that environmental DNA (eDNA) can be used to detect the presence of an endangered bird species simply by collecting a cupful of water from the ...

Previously, we developed a large number of microsatellite markers for GF in various ways (Kim et al., 2015), including Sanger and 454 sequencing of microsatellite-enriched libraries, in silico primer ...

Birds have personalities. What an opening statement. Has old Wayne’s brain taken flight over to the “bird brain” side of the norm? Recently during the extra cold weather, watching the wild birds ...

Ithaca, NY--There appears to be an underlying selection mechanism at work among Gouldian Finches--a mechanism that allows this species to produce and maintain individuals with red heads, black heads, ...