Tag: Francesca Cornero

  • Nation & World

    Brainy birds

    A new study shows that African grey parrots can perform some cognitive tasks at levels beyond those of 5-year-old humans. The results not only suggest that humans aren’t the only species capable of making complex inferences, but also point to flaws in a widely used test of animal intelligence.

    5 minutes
    Scientist Irene Pepperberg with African grey parrot, Griffin.
  • Nation & World

    Discerning bird

    To look at him, Griffin doesn’t seem like he’d be smarter than your typical 4-year-old — he’s a bird, after all. But the African grey parrot can easily outperform young children on certain tests, including one that measures understanding of volume.

    2 minutes
    Griffin the parrot