Finches are a widespread family of birds, mostly known for their beautiful songs and colors. Goldfinches are a common songbird throughout North America. The American goldfinch prefers to nest in ...

The nesting habits of these two birds are completely different. House finches nest on the edges of open areas, sometimes on ...

This is the conclusion of researchers from New York's Cornell University, who found birds that line their nests with snakeskin are less likely to have their eggs eaten by predators. "We think that ...

One of Charles Darwin's famous 14 finches — the island-dwelling bird species that helped inspire the theory of evolution — the medium tree finch is found only on Floreana, one of the nine major ...

There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands ... from an original paucity of birds in this archipelago, one species had been taken and modified for different ends." ...