During the darkest days of Alaska’s winter, black-capped chickadees stuff themselves with enough seeds and frozen insects to survive 18-hour nights. Where chickadees spent those long nights was ...

Black-capped chickadees' cranial capacity expands up to 30%, letting them remember where they cached thousands of bits of food for winter. Subscribe. Log In. Minnesota News You Can Use.

Chickadees have become a symbol of holiday cheer. Their images can be found painted on greeting cards, packaging material and on ornaments. But there is much more to chickadees that meets the eye.

Black-capped chickadees' ability to remember where they've stashed food helps them survive barren winters. Pexels Every fall, black-capped chickadees cache thousands of seeds, insects and other ...

Tiny, black-capped chickadees have big memories. They stash food in hundreds to thousands of locations in the wild – and then come back to these stashes when other food sources are low. Now ...

Most chickadees, the black-capped included, are talkative, with a whole repertoire of high, wheezy notes in addition to the trademark call. In spring, black-cappeds sing a loud two- to three-note ...