The characteristics of variation in tempo and pitch are what makes a melody easy to remember and haunt the listener.
The identification of more than 800 genes involved in the practice of singing of manholes can shed light on human language disorders.
By distinguishing between the characteristic melodious songs, scientists have discovered a new species of thrush in the Himalayas of northern India and China.
Last year, MIT neuroscientists reported that by studying the songs of tiny birds, they were able to recognize how two separate brain pathways contributed to the form of learning.
Rural male male finches cannot pair or make friends with urban birds, because they do not like each other's song.