From delivering mail to detecting cancer. Pigeons are pretty smart.
Researchers from the Universities of Otago in New Zealand and Iowa in the United States have been conducting experiments to better understand pigeon intelligence.
In this episode of The Science Briefing podcast, Dr Sophie Calabretto talks to Cosmos Magazine journalist Petra Stock to find out more.
Read more: Real pigeons can solve diabolically difficult problems
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Originally published by Cosmos as Pigeons: The unlikely genius of the animal kingdom
Petra Stock
Petra Stock is a journalist and engineer. She has previously worked in climate change, renewable energy, environmental planning and Aboriginal heritage policy.
Sophie Calabretto
Dr Sophie Calabretto is a mathematician specialising in fluid mechanics. She is Honorary Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University and Honorary Associate Professor, at the ACE Research Group, University of Leicester.
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