- Dozens of birds were rescued from an Ashland home where they were being pitted against each other in death matches, police said.

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Police Arrest 19 in Conn. Finch-Fighting Ring Police seize 150 birds, arrest 19 people in alleged finch-fighting ring in Connecticut

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Female finches from northern Australia are controlling the sex of their offspring, according to the head colour of their male counterpart.

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Two hundred years on from the birth of Charles Darwin, BBC science correspondent David Shukman travels to the Galapagos Islands where the great 19th Century figure made observations critical to his theory of evolution.

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Tokens of Love: Never THE END

Sunday, October 09, 2005 (The following story contains graphic examples of dirty gene pools. BEWARE.)

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A number of UK bird species are laying eggs significantly earlier than they were 40 years ago, a report reveals. A conservation coalition's report says some finches, robins and tits are all laying earlier and puts this down to warming caused by climate change.

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Last week, I discussed how evolutionary biology has changed since 1859, the year Darwin first published "On the Origin of Species." But the subject of evolution isn't the only thing that's changed since then. There's been plenty of actual evolution, too.

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The number of finches seen in the UK's gardens this winter is at the highest level for five years, but overall garden bird numbers are down, according to the results of a survey published today.

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Study attributes vasotocin in waxbills and finches with to an enhancement of social activity and, possibly, personality differences.

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For the first time scientists have observed in real-time evolutionary changes in one species driven by competition for resources from another.

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"Spring is the season for flashy mates, at least for finches. It is only later in the year that the females choose based on genetic diversity, according to new research from two scientists at the University of Arizona.

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