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In the News

Press coverage that shows the public impact of our research.

2015

ScienceDaily Study of birds’ sense of smell reveals important clues for behavior, adaptation
NU Parrots can mimic speech thanks to special brain structure
Politiken Researcheres: Here’s parrot talk center
Newstalk Moncrieff Interview with Mukta Chakraborty (audio source: Mani Chakraborty, time: 5:08)

The Conversation How the parrot got its chat (and its dance moves)
Bioscience Technology Study Hints at Why Parrots are Great Vocal Imitators
Times of India Mystery of parrots’ talking ability solved
DailyMail How do parrots talk? Wiring in the brain may explain their ability to imitate speech, study claims
IFL Science Why are Parrots Such Good Copycats?
Science Magazine Newly identified brain structure may explain why parrots are such good copycats
Phys.Org Study hints at why parrots are great vocal imitators
Duke Feedstyle New Study Hints at Why Parrots are Great Vocal Imitators
DukeTODAY Study Hints at Why Parrots are Great Vocal Imitators
Braindecoder Unique Structures In Parrot Brain May Explaining Mimicking Skills
The Telegraph Revealed: The secret to how parrots talk
Duke Today Study Hints at Why Parrots are Great Vocal Imitators
The Bird Family Tree Gets a Makeover
BBC Can any animals talk and use language like humans?
New Scientist Did neurons evolve more than once on Earth?
Duke Magazine A feather in his cap
Science Magazine Science by any means necessary
Science Magazine Following the birdsong of science
Scientific American The Bird Family Tree Gets a Makeover
Science World Report Mice Sing Like Songbirds to Woo Their Mates (VIDEO)
Smithsonian Magazine Male Mice Sing Sexy Songs to Woo Females
Discovery News Male Mice Sing Fancy Tunes to Woo the Ladies
The Washington Post Mice sing just like birds, but we can’t hear them
NBC News Hear How Singing Mice Change Their Tune to Woo Mates
Reuters Rodent romance: male mice use ‘love songs’ to woo their women
The Guardian Squeaky serenade: male mice woo females with song, scientists discover
Huffington Post Yes, Mice Can Sing. And You Won’t Believe How Much They Sound Like Songbirds
Duke Today Mice Sing Like Songbirds to Woo Mates

2014

Science Whole-genome Analyses Resolve Early Branches in the Tree of Life of Modern Birds
Washington Post Birdsong and human speech turn out to be controlled by the same genes
LiveScience Birds Evolved in ‘Big Bang,’ New Family Tree Reveals
Reuters Feathered friends: researchers unveil bird ‘family tree’
The Scientist Bird Genomes Abound
EurekaAlert! Chickens and turkeys ‘closer to dinosaur ancestors’ than other birds
Phys.Org Genes tell story of birdsong and human speech
AAAS New Genome Sequences Reveal the Bird Tree of Life
Science Podcast

2013

HHMI Melody-Modifying Mice
NCBI Rudimentary Substrates for Vocal Learning in a Subuscine

2012

Duke Today Singing Mice Show Signs of Learning
Plos One Of Mice, Birds, and Men
IBiology Erich Jarvis: Brain Pathways for Vocal Learning

2010

CBS Scientists Decode Songbird Genome
BBC News Blueprint of the Songbird Genome

2009

NIH Evolution and Medicine Brain Evolution: Lessons from birds and humans who sing and talk (4th article on page)
2008 Duke Today Erich Jarvis Named Howard Hughes Investigator The News & Observer Prof’s bird-brain research honored Scientific American Song-Learning Birds Shed Light on Our Ability to Speak
2006 Science Why Does the Songbird Sing? National Geographic Humans Are Birdbrained When Learning Speech, Study Hints 2005 3SAT Sexy-syllable sound for Kanarienvogelweibchen ACF Newsource Bird Song DukeHealth.org Neurobiologist Jarvis Named to “Brilliant 10” Innovations Report Scientists propose sweeping changes to naming of bird neurosystems
2004 Bio-Medicine.org A bird ‘language’ gene pinpointed Innovations Report A Bird “Language” Gene Pinpointed Duke Medicine A Bird “Language” Gene Pinpointed Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory A Bird “Language” Gene Pinpointed UCLA A Bird’s Song May Be Key to Understanding Human Speech Disorders Scientific American Birds Share ‘Language’ Gene with Humans Bio-Medicine.org Chatty Finches Eurekalert.org Bird’s song may be linked to speech disorders UPENN Birdsong and Speech:Together in the Genome? Pysch Central Bird’s song may be linked to speech disorders SciTecLibrary A Bird ‘Language’ Gene Pinpointed The Human Genome Some Special Genes NIH Learned Birdsong and the Neurobiology of Human Language Ascribe A Bird ‘Language’ Gene Pinpointed ScienCentral Bird Brain Gene Songbird gene linked to speaking in humans
2003 Rita Collwell Lecture NSF Computing: Getting us on the path to wisdom Eureka Alert! Talking to the animals? New York Times A Biologist Explores the Minds of Birds That Learn to Sing BBC – Radio 4 – Leading Edge Why Birds Sing… BBC NEWS | In Depth | Denver Birds Sexy Songs Nature Online Genes Sing New Song The Age Dawn chorus could hold key to man’s ability to talk The Guardian Bird brains offer clues to origins of speech Aftonbladet The parrot can explain how we learn language Medic Media Songbirds help to understand how the human speech The Connection.org NPR Bird Brains ABC Radio International w/Robyn Williams Bird Song Die Welt Learn to speak together 3 Sat Sexy-syllable sound for Kanarienvogelweibchen Hunter College Neurobiologist Erich Jarvis ’88 Leads New Scientific Studies of Historic Importance NIGMS Minority Program Update Delta SEE Radio SeqWright Participates in Sequencing the Zebra Finch Brain Full-length cDNA Library I am an African American Scientist NIH Record NIGMS Anniversaries Marked at Minority Meeting Just Garcia Hill Hummingbird Articles Dallas News CBC Radio | Richardson’s Roundup Tiere Brauchen Japanese Profauna – Gehirnstruktur fu”rs Foreign Popugae Bilim Utopya Verkkouutiset Life Extension Foundation NSF Images Leadership for the Future S&E Workforce Learning from songbirds AAAS News Release AAAS News Report AAAS Women & Minorities in Science Networking Brea. AAAS What Happened During the Meeting Bay Weekly: Dock of the Bay Clever Boy DEMENTED TURKEYS!!!!: NY Times London Independent Times Online Denver Science Editor The Science Coalition-Duke University National Science Teachers Association B-Mail(sm): ARBIRD-L Duke bird song researchers in the news President’s Speech: NSF Silicon Valley Biz Ink. Seqright Announcement
2002 NSF Waterman Press Release NSF Alan T. Waterman Award Recipient 2002 Duke Magazine-A Scientist in Full-Update- 2002 NIGMS Minority Programs Update Duke Waterman Press Release Duke Daily Dialogue News ReleaseDuke News – ReleaseINSIDE Duke Waterman Confessions of a Bird Brain NIH Record Minority Program Daily Report Chronicle Duke University Year In Review
2001 Duke Magazine-Singing In The Brain

2000

N.96 – Julho-Agosto 2000
Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2000a
Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2000b
Reasons To Believe: Facts For Faith Issue 4, 2000
Duke News – Image GalleryDuke Hummingbird News Release 2000Natural History 2000aNatural History 2000bCiencia e Tecnologia 2000No mundo da Ciência 2000artigos2000AS VOZES DO BEIJA FLOR 2003Unicamp 2000Estado “Estudo mapeia cérebro de beija-flores” 2000Brazil jun 2000Ciencia Hoje 2000
ExpeditionZone Austria 2000
Discovery.com 2000
Brain Work This Week 2000
Wildlife News 2000
Briefme: Magazine Archive 2000

Paraphrased from Science magazine: The evolutionary history of birds such as the hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin; pictured) has been difficult to resolve. This image is from a special issue in Science magazine that focuses on the avian phylogenomics project, which sequenced 45 bird species from all major avian clades. Using this data, studies analyzed the phylogenetic relationship of birds and explored aspects of avian biology. Photo: © Flip De Nooyer/Foto Natura/Minden Pictures/Corbi