"We really want them to grow their numbers on their own so that we don't need to intervene anymore." Scientists use 'tutors' to save songbirds from brink of extinction first appeared on The Cool Down.

Less than a century ago, huge flocks of regent honeyeaters flitted all over southeastern Australia. Today, they’re one of the ...

In a new study, wild regent honeyeaters became vocal tutors, teaching their disappearing song to birds in a captive breeding program.