Audio recording of a less exploratory male fairy-wren song. Credit: D Colombelli-Négrel (Flinders University) First, the birds were captured to measure their personality in short-term captivity.

A new study shows that male fairy wrens hitchhike their songs onto predators' calls so that females are more likely to pay attention to them.

The northern house wren (Troglodytes aedon) presents remarkable gusto in a small package. The tiny, energetic bird, with its inconspicuous brownish-gray plumage, is the most common of at least nine ...