Pigeons: The unlikely genius of the animal kingdom

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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