The genius of birds

Resource Information

The work The genius of birds represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Des Plaines Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The genius of birds

Statement of responsibility

Jennifer Ackerman ; illustrations by John Burgoyne

Creator

• Ackerman, Jennifer, 1959-

Contributor

• Burgoyne, John, (Illustrator)

Author

• Ackerman, Jennifer, 1959-

Illustrator

• Burgoyne, John, (Illustrator)

Subject

• Birds
• Birds -- Behavior
• Birds -- Psychology
• Animal intelligence

Language

eng

Summary

"Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. Although small, bird brains are packed with neurons that allow them to punch well above their weight. As she travels around the world to the most cutting-edge frontiers of research -- the distant laboratories of Barbados and New Caledonia, the great tit communities of the United Kingdom and the bowerbird habitats of Australia, the ravaged mid-Atlantic coast after Hurricane Sandy and the warming mountains of central Virginia and the western states -- Ackerman not only tells the story of the recently uncovered genius of birds but also delves deeply into the latest findings about the bird brain itself that are revolutionizing our view of what it means to be intelligent."--Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

598

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

QL698.3

LC item number

.A285 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult