Gouldian finch

Could your hair colour determine your child’s sex?

20 March 2009

In Gouldian finches the answer is yes-according to an Australian paper published in the journal Science today. The paper challenges our view of sex determination in animals.
“Over eighty per cent of Gouldian finch chicks will be male if their mother sees that the father has a different coloured head,” says the lead author Sarah Pryke, [...]

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Life and love amongst the finches: Aggressive redheads win the best nest sites, but can the Gouldian finches survive?

28 August 2007

Sarah Pryke has always had an eye for the shape, colour and movement of animals. After growing up surrounded by wildlife in a remote rural area of South Africa, she was employed as an illustrator by the local museum while studying for her science degree at the University of Natal. Now, as a post-doctoral fellow [...]

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