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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

My surprise at reading such a detailed account (I don’t have Klem’s dissertation in front of me, but I’m imagining this is a more personal retelling) was tempered by the thought that Klem wasn’t describing any old research, this was the FIRST research project investigating why birds fly into glass.

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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows

10,000 Birds

This is something not seen in very young children but then typically develops and becomes observable and testable by psychology graduate students who have done innumerable studies on it. UCA distinction has shown this to be rare as well. You have probably heard about the famous New Caledonian Crows ( Corvus moneduloides ).

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

4 The Love Of Animals

A team led by cognitive scientist Josef Topál of the Research Institute for Psychology in Hungary recently ran an experiment to study how 10-month-old babies pay attention to people. The children, of course, picked the right cup–no surprise since they saw the toy being hidden.

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