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zebra finch
Coverage of zebra finch in the Nexus archive.
- A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong
Dr. Julie Elie won a $100,000 prize for decoding the zebra finch's vocabulary, including 11 core calls and their meanings, enabling progress in two-way interspecies communication.
- Retraction Note: The hidden fitness of the male zebra finch courtship song
A retraction note was published in Nature regarding a study that claimed to reveal hidden fitness indicators in male zebra finch courtship songs. The original research, which linked song characteristics to genetic quality, is now withdrawn due to methodological concerns.