MEDIA & OUTREACH

Aplin Lab

Videos & Presentations -

Podcasts -

ABC Radio podcast, Off track with Ann Jones on "clever cockies"

Selected Popular Science Articles -

Cockatoo bin opening -

Science: "Human and parrots battle in arms race over trash"

https://www.science.org/content/article/humans-and-parrots-battle-arms-race-over-trash-australia

New Scientist: "Sydney residents in cultural evolution war with bin-raiding cockatoos"

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2336803-sydney-residents-in-cultural-evolution-war-with-bin-raiding-cockatoos/

Scientific American: "Cockatoos Work to Outsmart Humans in Escalating Garbage Bin Wars"

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cockatoos-work-to-outsmart-humans-in-escalating-garbage-bin-wars/

Social Networks in Cockatoos -

The Australian Museum: “Facebook for birds”

https://australianmuseum.net.au/blogpost/amri-news/facebook-for-birds

Culture in tits -

The Economist: “Left or right wing? To great tits, tradition seem important.”

https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21635451-great-tits-tradition-seems-important-left-or-right-wing

Wall Street Journal: "Flying High: Research Unveils Birds' Learning Power"

https://www.wsj.com/articles/flying-high-research-unveils-birds-learning-power-1484762376#comments_sector

The Conservation: “Milk bottle-raiding birds pass on thieving ways to their flock”

https://theconversation.com/milk-bottle-raiding-birds-pass-on-thieving-ways-to-their-flock-34784

National Geographic, Phenomena blog: “Scientists instill new cultural traditions in wild tits”

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/03/scientists-instil-new-cultural-traditions-in-wild-tits/

Social networks and personality -

Science: "The power of personality"

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6286/644?ijkey=843a4d7626df9beebadfb9587b2c1f71c4b9565e&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha

BBC: "Shy birds have closer friends"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/24126083

Social learning in blue tits -

Nature: “Young female birds get the worm”

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v500/n7462/full/500257f.html


Audubon Magazine: “Pilfering blue tits copy their friends to find lunch”

http://magblog.audubon.org/pilfering-blue-tits-copy-their-friends-find-lunch