Scientists thought only male birds sang - until women joined the research

For more than 150 years, scientists have considered bird song to be a male trait. Image: REUTERS
Kevin Omland
Professor of Biological Sciences, , University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Evangeline Rose
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Maryland
Karan Odom
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University

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