Putting Muscle Into Birdsong: How Birds Vary Their Pitch

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 16:28 in Biology & Nature

Female zebra finches make one-note, low-pitch calls. Males sing over a wide range of frequencies. University of Utah scientists discovered how: The males' stronger vocal muscles, not the pressure of air flowing through their lungs, lets them vary their pitch.

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