Sulfur-crested Cockatoos in eastern Australia have learned to open trash cans. Their human neighbors are fighting back.| Audubon
It was as plain as the beak on a bird’s face. Cornell Lab ornithologist and crow expert Kevin McGowan recalls the day in the late 90s when he first saw stuffed specimens of the New Caledonian Crow. “I remember saying to a student, ‘I don’t know what this bird does, but it does something differe| All About Birds
In winter, the birds must remember where they’ve hidden tens of thousands of seeds. Biologist Vladimir Pravosudov explains what this can teach us about how the brain evolves.| Knowable Magazine | Annual Reviews
Crows recently demonstrated an understanding of the concept of zero. It’s only the latest evidence of animals’ talents for numerical abstraction — which may still differ from our own grasp of numbers.| Quanta Magazine