“In scoping out the party crowd, does one face catch your eye? The Tierra del Fuegans have an expression, mamihlapinatapei, which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's mist succinct word. It refers to the act… — Jennifer Ackerman Copy Share Image
“In fact, we owe the expression “pecking order” to studies of the social relations among chickens by the Norwegian zoologist Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, who found… — Jennifer Ackerman Copy Share Image
“most expensive in the body, second only to the heart. Neurons may be small, but they’re costly to make and maintain, consuming about ten… — Jennifer Ackerman Copy Share Image
“MIGRATION IS ANOTHER TRADE-OFF. Birds that migrate have smaller brains than their sedentary relatives. This makes sense, as a brain that consumes a lot… — Jennifer Ackerman Copy Share Image
“It’s a notion that was proposed three decades ago by Jane Goodall and her colleague Hans Kummer. The pair made a plea for measuring… — Jennifer Ackerman Copy Share Image
“Did the crows’ bill shape and specialized vision predispose them to tool crafting and use? Or did their tool-use behavior in response to unusual… — Jennifer Ackerman Copy Share Image
“Instead, each bird is interacting with up to seven close neighbors, making individual movement decisions based on maintaining velocity and distance from fellow flock… — Jennifer Ackerman Copy Share Image
“Being in nature refreshes us by ... allowing us to surrender to involuntary attention: the effortless and often enjoyable noticing of sensory stimuli in… — Jennifer Ackerman Copy Share Image
“In scoping out the party crowd, does one face catch your eye? The Tierra del Fuegans have an expression, mamihlapinatapei, which is listed in… — Jennifer Ackerman Copy Share Image
“I can't imagine pressing on relentlessly through day and night with mind, body, spirit in a single state, can't imagine denying myself the possibility… — Jennifer Ackerman Copy Share Image
