“Bird brain.” Toss out that insult, too, says the study’s senior author, Suzana Herculano-Houzel, a Vanderbilt University neuroscientist.

“Bird brain” is often hurled at someone as an insult, but scientists have discovered that the brains of birds are so large that they are “practically a braincase with a beak”.

Despite weighing the same as a AAA battery, chickadees have an astonishing ability to endure the severe winter season. The answer to how they do it will give new meaning to the phrase “bird brain.” ...

Chickens aren’t generally considered to be the smartest animals. The entire premise of Chicken Run hinges on the juxtaposition of their supposed lack of intelligence and their increasingly bird ...

"While 'bird brain' is often used as an insult, the brains of birds are so large that they are practically a braincase with a beak.

Evelyn Hyder: 'Bird brain' may not be such an insult Three main things make crows very smart birds: their brains, their social structure, and their problem-solving skills. Evelyn Hyder on ...

We use "bird/brained" as an insult / Maybe we've got that wrong. Bird brains are sophisticated high speed processors. They have to be. Birds fly. Formation flying is hard enough with nine jet ...

The insult “bird brain” should probably be retired. Eurasian jays can pass the marshmallow test, some species have ”culture”, and even extinct avians like the dodo were probably smarter ...