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Bee species with larger brains have higher learning capacity

A research team at the Doñana Biological Station (CSIC) and the Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications (CREAF) has conducted an experiment to (test) if the brain size in bees is linked to their learning abilities

Parrots choose old-growth forest

Forest regeneration may reduce the current loss of species due to tropical deforestation, but little is known about the extent and inter-specific variability of this effect. Authors compared the probability with which nine parrot species use old-growth and secondary forests in a 400 km2 Amazonian landscape, while considering two types of habitat use: perching and flyover use.