These birds build together and together they show an architectural style www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/c...@mariatelloramos.bsky.social
Sparrow weavers in Africa appear to learn distinct building styles that reflect group traditions, research shows. It raises intriguing questions about avian intelligence.
And if you want the tl;dr, NPR did a pretty cool piece on this work 😉: www.npr.org/2024/08/29/n...
Congratulations to Maria Tello-Ramos, Sue Healy, and team for a BEAUTIFUL paper on weaver bird nest building and cultural traditions. This is one for the textbooks! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The book is finally out! "Provides a comprehensive overview of the work that has sought to explain which natural selection pressures impact vertebrate brain size" global.oup.com/academic/pro...
