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In this excerpt of ‘The Genius of Birds,’ Jennifer Ackerman charts out how the connectivity maps of bird brains are not too different from our own. This excerpt is part of our summer Book Club ...

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If people were to divide the animal world into the smart and the not-so-smart, we might put birds squarely in the "dim bulb" category. For decades, people have written off birds as largely witless, ...

7pm BEAK AND BRAIN: Genius Birds From Down Under - Nature Documentary The term "birdbrain" generally isn’t used as a compliment, but in BEAK AND BRAIN: GENIUS BIRDS FROM DOWN UNDER, we meet the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In 2014 video emerged of a New Caledonian crow being set an eight-stage technical challenge, each part of which required it not just to ...

On a recent early morning walk, I looked up to see a large bird strolling across the brick-paved street. Wonder of wonders, it was a peacock, sporting feathers of amazing, improbable iridescent blue.

Birds get the respect they’re due in Jennifer Ackerman’s award-winning book, “The Genius of Birds.” Ackerman, who has written about science, nature and biology for almost three decades, will visit ...

Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode The Birds and the bees. Laying eggs may seem like a simple way to reproduce compared to human birth, but biologist Carin Bondar says bird moms are the ...

Are you a modern-day Einstein? Test your wits with this eerie brainteaser. Puzzles might seem like simple fun or a way to keep the kids occupied on those dreary, rainy days, but research suggests they ...

Your bird field guide may be out of date now that University of Florida scientists discovered a new genus of frogmouth bird on a South Pacific island. Your bird field guide may be out of date now that ...