Jackdaws ditch old friends and make new ones if it helps them get rewards—but stick with family through thick and thin, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Sep 11, 2023
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Male jackdaws don't stick around to console their mate after a traumatic experience, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2021
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Chaotic mobs of jackdaws suddenly get organised once enough birds join in, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Nov 15, 2019
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Jackdaws are more likely to join a mob to drive off predators if lots of their fellow birds are up for the fight, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Oct 1, 2019
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Jackdaws can learn from each other to identify "dangerous" humans, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Sep 24, 2019
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Flocks of birds may appear to move with a single mind, but new research shows jackdaws stick with their mates—even though it harms the flock.
Evolution
May 6, 2019
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Corvids are capable of cognitive feats that almost resemble those of humans. Neuroscientists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) intend to find out how their brain manages to fulfill such complex tasks – although its structure ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 16, 2019
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Do animals—like humans—divide the world into things that move and things that don't? Are they surprised if an apparently inanimate object jumps to life?
Ecology
Oct 23, 2018
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Jackdaws recognise each other's voices and respond in greater numbers to warnings from familiar birds than strangers, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
May 10, 2018
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Birds copy one another when trying new foods but will take more risks when doing so at different times of year, scientists at the University of Exeter have found.
Plants & Animals
Jun 13, 2016
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