Investigate how to communicate without words. Brainstorm with the class ways in which animals, including humans, communicate. Examples might include growling, singing, speaking, signing, smelling, ...

Birds are amazing beings. They're smart and emotional, and rapidly accumulating data from detailed research shows they have advanced and highly evolved cognitive capacities. Psychology Today writers ...

A bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals the roots of avian intelligence, according to a new study. The "one of a kind" ...

The birds of today descended from the dinosaurs of yore. Researchers have known relatively little, however, about how the bird's brain took shape over tens of millions of years. "Birds are one of the ...

Athene cunicularia - the Burrowing Owl - outside its burrow on Marco Island, Florida. Owls are considered in many cultures as wise, and there may be some truth in this idea. Research on a newly ...

Being called a “bird brain” may be closer to a compliment than an insult. That’s because new research suggests that some birds evolved over time to have smaller bodies and maintain large brains.