ScienceDaily Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Male birds tend to be better singers than females -- but does the basis for this difference lie in the brain or in the syrinx, their equivalent of our larynx? The researchers behind a new study analyzed the muscle fibers in the syrinxes of male and female birds from a range of species and found, to their surprise, that the amount of 'superfast' muscle didn't explain differences in vocal ability between the sexes. Read the full article on ScienceDaily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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